Piraeus, the ancient island of Athens: Evidence from Holocene sediments and historical archives

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 531-534

  Goiran, Jean Philippe ^a   Pavlopoulos, Kosmas P ^b,c   Fouache, Eric ^d   Triantaphyllou, Maria ^e   Etienne, Roland ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHENS , GREECE; BRONZE AGE; COASTAL MARSH; COASTAL PLAIN; FINAL NEOLITHIC; HISTORICAL ARCHIVE; HISTORICAL DATA; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; PIRAEUS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHALLOW MARINE;

MAPPING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 79959291781     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31818.1     Document Type: Article

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