The Pliocene initiation and Early Pleistocene volcanic disruption of the palaeo-Gediz fluvial system, Western Turkey

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2864-2882

  Maddy, Darrel ^a   Demir, Tuncer ^b   Bridgland, David R ^c   Veldkamp, Antonie ^d   Stemerdink, Chris ^a   van der Schriek, Tim ^a   Schreve, Danielle ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; RIVERS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

FLUVIAL SYSTEM; LAKES UPSTREAM; STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRABEN; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RIVER SYSTEM; UPLIFT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; KULA; MANISA; SELENDI BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 36549024422     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.037     Document Type: Article

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