Pliocene and Quaternary regional uplift in western Turkey: The Gediz River terrace staircase and the volcanism at Kula

Tectonophysics

Volumn 391, Issue 1-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 121-169

  Westaway, Rob ^a   Pringle, Malcolm ^b,h   Yurtmen, Sema ^a,c   Demir, Tuncer ^d   Bridgland, David ^e   Rowbotham, George ^f   Maddy, Darrel ^g  

^a Scottish Univ Environ Res Ctr ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegean; Basalt; Gediz River; K Ar; Miocene; Pleistocene; Turkey; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DOWNCUTTING; EROSION; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; ISOSTASY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 3142635560     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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