An updated database of Holocene relative sea level changes in NE Aegean Sea

Quaternary International

Volumn 328-329, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 301-310

  Vacchi, Matteo ^a   Rovere, Alessio ^b   Chatzipetros, Alexandros ^c   Zouros, Nickolas ^d   Firpo, Marco ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DEFORMATION; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MICROPLATE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; RECONSTRUCTION; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84898054539     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.036     Document Type: Article

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