Recent surficial shelf sediments of the Cilician Basin (Turkey),northeastern Mediterranean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1659-1677

  Ediger, Vedat ^a   Evans, Graham ^b,c,d   Ergin, Mustafa ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d La Caumiethe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

TURKEY, CILICIAN BASIN;

EID: 0345267204     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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