Submerged notches and doline sediments as evidence for Holocene subsidence

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1273-1281

  Evelpidou, N ^a   Pirazzoli, P A ^b   Saliege J F ^b   Vassilopoulos, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Geoenvironmental Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Co seismic displacement; Corinth Gulf; Doline; Earthquake; Submergence; Tidal notch

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DOLINE; GLACIOEUSTACY; HOLOCENE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUBMERGENCE; TIDAL CURRENT;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79959765565     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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