Sedimentary and environmental characteristics of the Gilan-Mazenderan plain, northern Iran: Influence of long- and short-term Caspian water level fluctuations on geomorphology

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 145-168

  Kazanci, Nizamettin ^a,b   Gulbabazadeh, Tirzad ^c   Leroy, Suzanne A G ^d   Ileri, Özden ^e  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Maden Ve Tetkik Arama Genel M   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Coastal lowland; Holocene; Lake Anzali; Late Pleistocene; Northern Iran; Sea level fluctuation; Talesh Mountains

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

NON-MARINE SEDIMENTS;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1842738132     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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