On the significance of small-scale and short-lived air escape structures for the destruction of primary sedimentary laminations in the Colakli beach deposits, Gulf of Antalya, Turkey (Eastern Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Kazanci, N ^a   Ileri, Ö ^a   Varol, B ^a   Ergin, M ^a  

^a AU Fen Fakultesi Jeoloji M   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air escapes; Disturbed beach deposits; Mediterranean coast; Short lived heave structure; Turkey

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

GULF OF ANTALYA; TURKEY;

EID: 0032146360     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0347     Document Type: Article

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