Sea-level changes and related depositional environments on the southern Marmara shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 391-403

  Ergin, Mustafa ^a   Kazanci, Nizamettin ^a   Varol, Baki ^a   Ileri, Özden ^a   Karadenizli, Levent ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Holocene Pleistocene; Neotectonism; Relict sediments; Sea of Marmara; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHELF EVOLUTION;

SEA OF MARMARA;

EID: 0030864924     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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