Upper Holocene sea level changes in the West Saronic Gulf, Greece

Quaternary International

Volumn 401, Issue , 2016, Pages 71-90

  Kolaiti, E ^a   Mourtzas, N D ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient harbour installations and coastal constructions; Coastal morphology; Palaeogeographical reconstruction; Sea level change; Tidal notches and beachrocks; West Saronic Gulf

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; BRONZE AGE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONIKOS GULF;

EID: 84936142676     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.024     Document Type: Article

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