Late Quaternary evolution of mediterranean poljes - The Vatos case study (akarnania, NW greece) based on geo-scientific core analyses and IRSL dating

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-169

  Köln, A Vött ^a   Bruckner H ^b   Köln, A M Zander ^a   Köln, S M May ^a   Athen, I Mariolakos ^c   Darmstadt, F Lang ^d   Koln, I Fountoulis ^c   Marburg, A Dunkel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CORE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CORINTH [PELOPONNISOS]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349471273     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2009/0053-0145     Document Type: Article

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