Development of evaporites and the counterclockwise rotation of anatolia, Turkey

International Geology Review

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 607-622

  Gürer, Ömer Feyzi ^a   Gürer, Aysan ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BLOCK ROTATION; ELEVATION; EVAPORITE; LATITUDE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0344117583     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819909465161     Document Type: Article

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