Paratethyan-Mediterranean connectivity in the Sea of Marmara region (NW Turkey) during the Messinian

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 188-189, Issue , 2006, Pages 171-187

  Çaǧatay, M Namik ^a   Görür, Naci ^a   Flecker, Rachel ^b   Sakinç, Mehmet ^a   Tünoǧlu, Cemal ^c   Ellam, Robert ^d   Krijgsman, Wout ^e   Vincent, Stephen ^f   Dikbaş, Aynur ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Marmara region; Mediterranean; Messinian salinity crisis; NW Turkey; Paratethys; Water exchange

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESSINIAN; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION; WATER MASS;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

PARATETHYS; PONTIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33744801710     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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