Alexander the Great's tombolos at Tyre and Alexandria, eastern Mediterranean

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 377-400

  Marriner, N ^a   Goiran, J P ^b   Morhange, C ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Holocene; Mediterranean; Spit; Tombolo; Tyre

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIRE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 48749105041     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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