Late Quaternary marine terraces in the Mediterranean coastal area of Syria: Geochronology and neotectonics

Quaternary International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-170

  Dodonov, A E ^a   Trifonov, V G ^a   Ivanova, T P ^b   Kuznetsov, V Yu ^c   Maksimov, F E ^c   Bachmanov, D M ^a   Sadchikova, T A ^a   Simakova, A N ^a   Minini, H ^d   Al Kafri, A M ^d   Ali, O ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d General Organization for Remote Sensing   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LITHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; LATAKIA BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TARTUS;

EID: 53249086535     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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