Holocene tsunamigenic sediments and tsunami modelling in the Thermaikos Gulf area (northern Greece)

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 99-126

  Reicherter, Klaus ^a   Papanikolaou, Ioannis ^b,c   Roger, Jean ^d   Mathes Schmidt, Margret ^b   Papanikolaou, Dimitrios ^b   Rössler, Stefan ^b   Grützner, Christoph ^b   Stamatis, G ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Greece; Thermaikos Gulf; Tsunami modeling; Tsunamites

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; LANDSLIDE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; RIP CURRENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TSUNAMI;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84919394219     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054S3-0000     Document Type: Article

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