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Function of Agricultural Terraces in Mediterranean Conditions - Selected Examples From the Island of Ikaria (The Southern Sporades, Greece) Cover

Function of Agricultural Terraces in Mediterranean Conditions - Selected Examples From the Island of Ikaria (The Southern Sporades, Greece)

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 15 (2011): Issue 1 (January 2011)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10288-012-0003-8 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046 (formerly 2084-6118)
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Language: English
Page range: 65 - 78
Published on: Aug 13, 2012
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Agricultural terraces,
erosion,
Ikaria,
dry stone wall,
georadar profiles
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other

© 2012 Irena Tsermegas, Maciej Dłużewski, Katarzyna Biejat, Adam Szynkiewicz, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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