Late Cenozoic uplift of western Turkey: Improved dating of the Kula Quaternary volcanic field and numerical modelling of the Gediz River terrace staircase

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 131-171

  Westaway, Rob ^a   Guillou, Hervé ^b   Yurtmen, Sema ^c   Beck, Anthony ^d   Bridgland, David ^d   Demir, Tuncer ^e   Scaillet, Stéphane ^b   Rowbotham, George ^f  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incision; K Ar dating; Landscape evolution; Quaternary; Turkey; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; DATING METHOD; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOWER CRUST; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIVER; TERRACE; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

EURASIA; GEDIZ BASIN; KULA; MANISA; TURKEY;

EID: 33644986523     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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