Coastline changes in relation to longshore sediment transport and human impact, along the shoreline of kato achaia (NW Peloponnese, Greece)

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-13

  Poulos, S E ^a   Chronis, G Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Greece; Human impact; Sediment transport; Shoreline erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051791582     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.271     Document Type: Article

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