Geomorphological, depositional, and foraminiferal indicators of late Quaternary tectonic uplift in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 409, Issue , 2006, Pages 591-614

  Yanko Hombach, Valentina ^a   Koral, Hayrettin ^b   Avşar, Niyazi ^c   Motnenko, Irena ^a   McGann, Mary ^d  

^a Charleswood Technology Center   (Canada)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iskenderun Bay; Late quaternary foraminifera; Lithotypes; Sedimentation rate; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITY CORE SAMPLES; ISKENDERUN BAY; LATE QUATERNARY; LITHOTYPES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHALLOW EMBAYMENT;

TECTONICS;

BASIN; BATHYMETRY; FORAMINIFERA; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

HATAY; ISKENDERUN BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 61349089893     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2409(27)     Document Type: Article

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