Neogene and Quaternary volcanism of southeastern Turkey

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 173, Issue , 2000, Pages 459-487

  Arger, Jan ^a   Mitchell, John ^b   Westaway, Rob W C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; VOLCANISM;

TURKEY;

EID: 0034115884     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.22     Document Type: Article

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