Timing of the quaternary Elaziǧ volcanism, eastern Turkey, and its significance for constraining landscape evolution and surface uplift

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-541

  Seyrek, Ali ^a   Westaway, Rob ^b,f   Pringle, Malcolm ^c,g   Yurtmen, Sema ^d,h   Demir, Tuncer ^a   Rowbotham, George ^e  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Ar Ar dating; Miocene; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Turkey; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749119735     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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