Geophysical Phenomena and the Alexandrian Littoral

by Niki Evelpidou, Costas Synolakis, Christos Repapis, et al.

Alexandria is located on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, bordered by Egypt's Western Desert and the fertile Nile Delta. For many centuries, Alexandria was the major port city in the Eastern Mediterranean and it has been repeatedly struck by natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and land subsidence, in its 2400-year history. This book focuses on the geomorphological and archaeological evidence on the coastal zone of Alexandria, attempting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789692342
• ISBN13: 9781789692341
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.8"