Submerged notches on the coast of Skyros Island (Greece) as evidence for Holocene subsidence

Geomorphology

Volumn 141-142, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-87

  Evelpidou, N ^a   Vassilopoulos, A ^b   Pirazzoli, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Geoenvironmental Institute   (Greece)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Co seismic displacement; Skyros Island; Submergence; Tidal notch

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMERGENCE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SKYROS; SPORADES [AEGEAN ISLANDS];

EID: 84856469504     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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