Traces of Holocene tsunamis across the Sound of Lefkada, NW Greece

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 112-128

  Vott A ^a   Bruckner H ^a   Brockmuller S ^a   Handl, M ^a   May, S M ^a   Gaki Papanastassiou, K ^b   Herd, R ^c   Lang, F ^d   Maroukian, H ^b   Nelle, O ^e   Papanastassiou, D ^f  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment   (Greece)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Holocene coastal changes; Mediterranean; Sound of Lefkada; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COASTAL EVOLUTION; CORE ANALYSIS; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAGOON; SHALLOW WATER; TSUNAMI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; LEFKADA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61849155259     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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