Quaternary calcrete development in the Mersin area, southern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-784

  Eren, Muhsin ^a   Kadir, Selahattin ^b   Hatipoǧlu, Zübeyde ^a   Gül, Murat ^c  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Hardpan; Nodule; Pedogenesis; Quaternary; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOST ROCK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEDOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON;

EURASIA; MERSIN BAY; TURKEY;

EID: 53349172312     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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