Seismic stratigraphy of Late Quaternary deposits on the continental shelf of Antalya Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1595-1616

  Tezcan, Devrim ^a   Okyar, Mahmut ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antalya Bay; Bathymetry; Holocene; Mediterranean Sea; Seismic stratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

AKSU RIVER; ANTALYA BASIN; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHEAST); TURKEY;

EID: 33747129197     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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