Stratigraphy of the volcanic products around Nemrut caldera: Implications for reconstruction of the caldera formation

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-143

  Karaoǧlu, Özgür ^a   Özdemir, Yavuz ^b   Tolluoǧlu, A Ümit ^c   Karabiyikoǧlu, Mustafa ^c   Köse, Onur ^c   Froger, Jean Luc ^d  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Caldera; East Anatolia volcanism; Ignimbrite; Nemrut; Pyroclastics

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; IGNIMBRITE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 25144476299     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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