Late Cenozoic surface uplift revealed by incision by the River Euphrates at Birecik, southeast Turkey

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-163

  Demir, Tuncer ^a   Seyrek, Ali ^a   Westaway, Rob ^b   Bridgland, David ^c   Beck, Anthony ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CENOZOIC; LANDSCAPE; MIOCENE; PALEOLITHIC; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT; UPLIFT; WETLAND;

ARABIAN SEA; EUPHRATES RIVER; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; TURKEY;

EID: 46149112405     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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