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Aeolian Abrasion of the Coastal Deposits on the Western Crete

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2023
Crete is located in the collision zone of tectonic plates; therefore, the island coast was often shaped due to tectonic phenomena. In 365 AD, a major earthquake caused the uplift of the coast of western Crete by a few metres.
Dulias Renata
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The Undying Controversy of the Presence of Slavs on the Island of Crete. Remarks on a New Book by Pantelis Haralampakis

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2019
The paper demonstrates the current state of research on the presence of Slavs on the island of Crete in the Middle Ages, as well as in the modern times. The basis for the discussion is a new book of Pantelis Haralampakis, published in 2016.
Elwira Kaczyńska   +2 more
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Finding Mycenaeans in Minoan Crete? Isotope and DNA analysis of human mobility in Bronze Age Crete.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
We undertook a large-scale study of Neolithic and Bronze Age human mobility on Crete using biomolecular methods (isotope analysis, DNA), with a particular focus on sites dating to the Late Bronze Age ('Late Minoan') period.
Michael Richards   +9 more
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Ground spider assemblages (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) along an urban-rural gradient in the city of Heraklion, Greece

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2014
The responses of gnaphosid spiders to an urbanization gradient (urban-suburban-rural areas) were studied using pitfall traps in and near the city of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece, from October 2010 to October 2011.
Dimitris KALTSAS   +3 more
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Una bilingue greco-semitica (?) con regolamento sacrale da Dreros

open access: yesErga-Logoi, 2016
The inscription published by E. Van Effenterre [Inscriptions archaïques crétoises, BCH 70 (1946), 602-603, recently in A.M. Hakkert (ed.), Cretica Selecta, II Graeca et Romana, Amsterdam 1990, 478-479] is reconsidered on the assumption that it is a ...
Adalberto Magnelli, Giuseppe Petrantoni
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First record of two palearctic leafhoppers Euscelis ohausi and Euscelidius variegatus for the island of Crete, Greece (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

open access: yesFragmenta entomologica, 2022
The island of Crete, due to the favorable temperate environmental conditions, is known for its high insect species biodiversity. In this contribution we report the occurrence of two cosmopolitan leafhoppers in Crete, Greece, Euscelis ohausi and ...
Ioannis Koufakis   +6 more
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Paradoxes of breast cancer incidence and mortality in two corners of Europe

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2022
Background Breast cancer incidence is rising globally, while mortality rates show a geographical heterogenous pattern. Early detection and treatment have been proven to have a profound impact on breast cancer prognosis.
Mikaela Roginski   +6 more
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Mediterranean cyclone characteristics related to precipitation occurrence in Crete, Greece [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2015
The characteristics of the cyclone tracks that caused precipitation events of variable intensity for the period 1979–2011 over the island of Crete are presented.
V. Iordanidou   +2 more
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A new species of Krampella (Hydrozoa, Hydroidomedusae, Tiarannidae) from the deep waters of Antikythira Strait (Cretan Sea, North East Mediterranean)

open access: yesScientia Marina, 1998
A new species of Leptomedusa, Krampella tardenti is described from the deep waters of Antikythira Strait. The systematic position of the genus Krampella is precised.
Josep María Gili   +2 more
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Suicides in Crete: frequency and gender/ seasonal distribution before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Covid pandemic-related psychological problems mainly include anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances, while evidence regarding suicidality is conflicting between studies. Crete has the highest suicide rate in Greece.
M. Basta   +9 more
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