Late holocene tectonic uplift and the silting up of lechaion, the western harbor of ancient Corinth, Greece

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-283

  Morhange, C ^a   Pirazzoli, P A ^b   Evelpidou, N ^c   Marriner, N ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84859994234     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21388     Document Type: Article

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