Late Quaternary climate and sea-level changes recorded in sediment composition off the Büyük Menderes River delta (eastern Aegean Sea, Turkey)

Quaternary International

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2007, Pages 162-176

  Ergin, Mustafa ^a   Kadir, Selahattin ^b   Keskin, Şeref ^c   Turhan Akyüz, Nilüfer ^a   Yaşar, Doǧan ^d  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SMECTITE; UPLIFT;

AEGEAN SEA; BUYUK MENDERES RIVER; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 34249937928     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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