Preservation by basalt of a staircase of latest Pliocene terraces of the River Murat in eastern Turkey: Evidence for rapid uplift of the eastern Anatolian Plateau

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-269

  Demir, Tuncer ^a   Seyrek, Ali ^a   Guillou, Hervé ^b   Scaillet, Stéphane ^b   Westaway, Rob ^c   Bridgland, David ^d  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basalt; Eastern Anatolia; K Ar; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Turkey; uplift

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLIMATE CYCLE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; PRESERVATION; RIVER TERRACE; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; MURAT RIVER; TURKEY;

EID: 69249140284     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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