Hydrogeological characteristics of hellenic aqueducts-like qanats

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1326-1345

  Voudouris, Konstantinos S ^a   Christodoulakos, Yiannis ^b   Steiakakis, Emmanouil ^c   Angelakis, Andreas N ^d,e  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b 25th Department of Antiquities Ministry of Culture   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^e Water Supply and Sewerage Municipal Enterprise of Larisa   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aqueducts; Crete; Foggara; Hellas; Polyrrhenia; Qanat; Rhodes; Serres

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TUNNELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUEDUCTS; CRETE; FOGGARA; HELLAS; POLYRRHENIA; QANAT; RHODES; SERRES;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

AQUEDUCT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODERNIZATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; TUNNEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ARABIAN PENINSULA; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CRETE [GREECE]; CYPRUS; DODECANESE; EGYPT; GREECE; IRAN; ITALY; NORTH AFRICA; RHODES [DODECANESE]; RHODES [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SERRAI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SPAIN;

EID: 84885350323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5031326     Document Type: Review

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