Sedimentological and geoarchaeological evidence of multiple tsunamigenic imprint on the Bay of Palairos-Pogonia (Akarnania, NW Greece)

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-239

  Vott A ^a   Lang, F ^b   Bruckner H ^c   Gaki Papanastassiou, K ^d   Maroukian, H ^d   Papanastassiou, D ^e   Giannikos, A ^f   Hadler, H ^a   Handl, M ^a   Ntageretzis, K ^a   Willershauser T ^a   Zander, A ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f Analyticon instruments GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BEDROCK; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL PLAIN; FAUNA; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TSUNAMI;

GREECE;

FORAMINIFERA; POGONIA;

EID: 80051789828     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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