Braided river deposits related to progressive Miocene surface uplift in Kahraman Maras area, SE Turkey

Geological Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 159-174

  Derman, A Sami ^a  

^a TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Braided river; Foreland basin; Miocene trough; SE Turkey; Sedimentation; Structural control; Thrust belt

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

KAHRAMAN MARAS; TURKEY;

EID: 0033510039     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199901/06)34:1/2<159::AID-GJ819>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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