U-series dating and geochemical tracing of late Quaternary travertine in co-seismic fissures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 450-462

  Uysal, I Tonguç ^a   Feng, Yuexing ^a   Zhao, Jian xin ^a   Altunel, Erhan ^b   Weatherley, Dion ^a   Karabacak, Volkan ^b   Cengiz, Oya ^c   Golding, Suzanne D ^a   Lawrence, Michael G ^a   Collerson, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

earthquake; hydrothermal; travertine; Turkey; U series dating

Indexed keywords

FISSURE GENERATION; TRAVERTINE; URANIUM-SERIES TECHNIQUE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TURKEY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE; FISSURE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; QUATERNARY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAVERTINE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34247643771     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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