The consequences of a future eustatic sea-level rise on the deltaic coasts of Inner Thermaikos Gulf (Aegean Sea) and Kyparissiakos Gulf (Ionian Sea), Greece

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-24

  Poulos, Serafim E ^a   Ghionis, George ^a   Maroukian, Hampik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alfios; Aliakmon; Axios; Coastline retreat; Deltas; Inundation; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; DUNE; EUSTACY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AEGEAN SEA; ALIAKMON RIVER; AXIOS RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THERMAIKOS GULF;

AVES;

EID: 64249108484     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.07.044     Document Type: Article

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