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George Ferentinos

George Ferentinos

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3621
World Ranking
8444
National Ranking
13

Overview

George Ferentinos is affiliated with the University of Patras in Greece. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing particularly on maritime and coastal archaeology as well as marine and environmental studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, Ferentinos's subfields of specialization cover:

  • Oceanography
  • Archaeology
  • Paleontology
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

The primary topics of Ferentinos's work encompass:

  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequent publication venues for their research have been:

  • Geosciences
  • Remote Sensing
  • Heritage
  • Quaternary International
  • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Ferentinos has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Maria Geraga
  • George Papatheodorou
  • Dimitris Christodoulou
  • Elias Fakiris
  • Xenophon Dimas

Among the recent research publications are:

  • Atlas of Shipwrecks in Inner Ionian Sea (Greece): A Remote Sensing Approach, 2020, Heritage
  • Spatio-Seasonal Hypoxia/Anoxia Dynamics and Sill Circulation Patterns Linked to Natural Ventilation Drivers, in a Mediterranean Landlocked Embayment: Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece, 2021, Geosciences
  • A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Mapping, Automatic Detection and Morphometric Analysis of Ancient Submerged Coastal Installations: The Case Study of the Ancient Aegina Harbour Complex, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Greece, February 26 - May 3, 2020: The first wave, 2021, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • The Battle of Lepanto Search and Survey Mission (1971-1972) by Throckmorton, Edgerton and Yalouris: Following Their Traces Half a Century Later Using Marine Geophysics, 2021, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Marine Debris on the Seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea: Examples from Two Enclosed Gulfs in Western Greece

    A Stefatos;M Charalampakis;G Papatheodorou;G Ferentinos

  • Tectonics and sedimentation in the Gulf of Corinth and the Zakynthos and Kefallinia channels, Western Greece

    M. Brooks;M. Brooks;G. Ferentinos;G. Ferentinos

  • A pockmark field in the Patras Gulf (Greece) and its activation during the 14/7/93 seismic event

    T. Hasiotis;G. Papatheodorou;N. Kastanos;G. Ferentinos

  • Seismic reflection imaging of active offshore faults in the Gulf of Corinth: their seismotectonic significance

    A. Stefatos;G. Papatheodorou;G. Ferentinos;M. Leeder

  • Sediment Transport processes on an active submarine fault escarpment: Gulf of Corinth, Greece

    G. Ferentinos;G. Papatheodorou;M.B. Collins

  • Rapid spatiotemporal variations in rift structure during development of the Corinth Rift, central Greece

    Casey W. Nixon;Casey W. Nixon;Lisa C. McNeill;Jonathan M. Bull;Rebecca E. Bell

  • Short-term climate changes in the southern Aegean Sea over the last 48,000 years

    Maria Geraga;Stella Tsaila-Monopolis;Chrysanthi Ioakim;George Papatheodorou

  • Early seafaring activity in the southern Ionian Islands, Mediterranean Sea

    George Ferentinos;Maria Gkioni;Maria Geraga;George Papatheodorou

  • Evaluation of palaeoenvironmental changes during the last 18,000 years in the Myrtoon basin, SW Aegean Sea

    M. Geraga;St. Tsaila-Monopolis;Chr. Ioakim;G. Papatheodorou

  • Submarine and coastal sediment failure triggered by the 1995, Ms = 6.1 R Aegion earthquake, Gulf of Corinth, Greece

    G. Papatheodorou;G. Ferentinos

  • High sediment yields and cool, wet winters: Test of last glacial paleoclimates in the northern Mediterranean

    Richard E.L. Collier;Mike R. Leeder;Mark Trout;George Ferentinos

  • Quaternary tectonics in the Gulf of Patras, western Greece

    G Ferentinos;M Brooks;T Doutsos

  • Active faulting within the offshore western Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Implications for models of continental rift deformation

    L.C. McNeill;C.J. Cotterill;T.J. Henstock;J.M. Bull

  • Gas-charged sediments in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, Greece

    G. Papatheodorou;T. Hasiotis;G. Ferentinos

  • Methane and hydrogen sulfide seepage in the northwest Peloponnesus petroliferous basin (Greece): Origin and geohazard

    Giuseppe Etiope;George Papatheodorou;Dimitris P. Christodoulou;George Ferentinos

  • Structure and evolution of the Sporadhes basin of the North Aegean trough, northern Aegean sea

    M. Brooks;M. Brooks;G. Ferentinos;G. Ferentinos

  • Fjord water circulation patterns and dysoxic/anoxic conditions in a Mediterranean semi-enclosed embayment in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece

    George Ferentinos;George Papatheodorou;Maria Geraga;Margarita Iatrou

  • Tectono-sedimentary processes along an active marine/lacustrine half-graben margin: Alkyonides Gulf, E. Gulf of Corinth, Greece

    M. R. Leeder;R. E. Ll. Collier;L. H. Abdul Aziz;M. Trout

  • Active seepage in two contrasting pockmark fields in the Patras and Corinth gulfs, Greece

    D. Christodoulou;G. Papatheodorou;G. Ferentinos;M. Masson

  • Multi-frequency, multi-sonar mapping of shallow habitats – Efficacy and management implications in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Greece

    Elias Fakiris;Philippe Blondel;George Papatheodorou;Dimitris Christodoulou

  • Modern sedimentation in the N.W. Aegean Sea

    V Lykousis;M.B Collins;G Ferentinos

Frequent Co-Authors

George Papatheodorou
George Papatheodorou University of Patras
Giuseppe Etiope
Giuseppe Etiope National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Michael Collins
Michael Collins National Oceanography Centre
Mike Leeder
Mike Leeder University of East Anglia
Jonathan M. Bull
Jonathan M. Bull University of Southampton
Richard E. Ll. Collier
Richard E. Ll. Collier University of Leeds
Timothy J. Henstock
Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton
Pierre Briole
Pierre Briole École Normale Supérieure
Dimitris Sakellariou
Dimitris Sakellariou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Robert L. Gawthorpe
Robert L. Gawthorpe University of Bergen

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