Role of regional extension and uplift in the Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the Aksu Basin, SW Turkey

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-387

  Glover, Clare P ^a,b   Robertson, Alastair H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Esso Exploration and Production UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pleistocene; Pliocene; Sediments; Tectonics; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001541750     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0365     Document Type: Article

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