Palaeoenvironmental implications of a marine geoarchaeological survey conducted in the SW Argosaronic gulf, Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 805-818

  Geraga, M ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a   Agouridis, C ^b   Kaberi, H ^c   Iatrou, M ^a   Christodoulou, D ^a   Fakiris, E ^a   Prevenios, M ^a   Kordella, S ^a   Ferentinos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient shipwreck; Argosaronic gulf; Palaeogeography; Side scan sonar; Sub bottom profiler; Upper quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992743807     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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