Eocene stratigraphic evolution of the Thrace Basin, Turkey

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 75-91

  Siyako, M ^a   Huvaz, O ^a  

^a TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eocene stratigraphy; Fore arc; Hamitabat Formation; Thrace Basin; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; FOREARC BASIN; LITHOFACIES; OUTCROP; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UNCONFORMITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; THRACE BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 34247548872     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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