Holocene terraces in the middle Euphrates valley, between Halfeti and Karkemish (Gaziantep, Turkey)

Quaternaire

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 195-206

  Kuzucuoglu, Catherine ^a   Fontugne, Michel ^b   Mouralis, Damase ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Floods; Holocene terraces; Middle Euphrates

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE;

EUPHRATES RIVER; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 3142662135     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/quate.2004.1767     Document Type: Article

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