Platform-slope transition during rifting: The mid-Cretaceous succession of the Amasya Region (Northern Anatolia), Turkey

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-206

  Yilmaz, Cemil ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Carbonate facies; Mid Cretaceous; Neptunian dykes; Platform slope to basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AMASYA; ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 33745192071     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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