Contribution on the Holocene reconstruction of Thessaloniki coastal plain, Greece

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1161-1173

  Fouache, Eric ^a   Ghilardi, Matthieu ^a   Vouvalidis, Konstantinos ^b   Syrides, George ^b   Styllas, Mixalis ^b   Kunesch, Stéphane ^c   Stiros, Stathis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliakmon river; Axios river; Greece; Holocene; Palaeogeographic reconstruction; Thessaloniki plain

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; GIS; HOLOCENE; LANDSAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; POSTGLACIAL; PROGRADATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

ALIAKMON RIVER; AXIOS RIVER; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 53549088038     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0786.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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