Origin of tufa (cool-water carbonate) and related terraces in the Antalya area, SW Turkey

Geological Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 329-358

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

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Grant Institute of Earth Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antalya; Lacustrine; Paludal; Plio Quaternary; SW Turkey; Terraces; Tufa

Indexed keywords

GLACIOEUSTACY; KARST; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALUDIFICATION; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TERRACE; TUFA; UPLIFT;

ANTALYA; TURKEY;

EID: 0142168113     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.959     Document Type: Article

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