Sedimentological characteristics of the Çukurbag Formation deposited along the Ecemis Fault Zone, Central Anatolia, Turkey

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-72

  Gürel, Ali ^a   Çiftçi, Emin ^a   Kerey, I Erdal ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEYKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Braided stream; ukurbag Formation; Central Anatolia; Ecemis Fault Zone; Lacustrine environment; Playa lake; Sedimentology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BRAIDED RIVER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITION; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALADAG MOUNTAINS; ANATOLIA; EURASIA; NIGDE; TAURIDES; TURKEY; ULUKISLA BASIN;

EID: 34548587599     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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