A geomorphological investigation of the formation and evolution of the Kaiafas sand-dune field (Kyparissiakos Gulf, Ionian Sea, eastern Mediterranean) in the Late Holocene

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 955-966

  Poulos, S E ^a   Gaki Papanastasiou, K ^a   Gialouris, P ^a   Ghionis, G ^a   Maroukian, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Dune stability; Erosion; Greece; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DUNE FIELDS; DUNE STABILITY; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FOREST FIRES; GREECE; HUMAN INTERVENTION; IONIAN SEA; LATE HOLOCENE; MINIMUM TIME; NEARSHORE HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT AVAILABILITY; WAVE RUNUP; WIND REGIME;

COASTAL ZONES; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL;

BEACHES;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LAGOON; DUNE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COASTS; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; GEOLOGY; GREECE; SAND;

GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84861185835     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1305-4     Document Type: Article

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