Assessment of the Sensitivity of Salamina (Saronic Gulf) and Elafonissos (Lakonic Gulf) islands to Sea-level Rise

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 378-384

  Karymbalis, Efthimios ^a   Chalkias, Christos ^a   Ferentinou, Maria ^b   Chalkias, George ^a   Magklara, Maria ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

coastal geomorphology; Greece; Sea level rise; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ISLAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE HEIGHT;

AEGEAN SEA; ELAFONISOS [LACONIA]; GREECE; GULF OF LAKONIKOS; IONIAN SEA; LACONIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNISOS; SALAMINA; SARONIKOS GULF;

EID: 84952304402     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI70-064.1     Document Type: Article

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