Late Pleistocene-Holocene evolution of the northern shelf of the Sea of Marmara

Marine Geology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 87-100

  Cagatay M N ^a   Eris K ^a   Ryan, W B F ^b   Sancar, U ^a   Polonia, A ^c   Akcer S ^a   Biltekin, D ^a   Gasperini, L ^c   Gorur N ^a   Lericolais, G ^d   Bard, E ^e  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

isotopes; sapropel; sea level; Sea of Marmara; seismic stratigraphy; shelf

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BLACK SEA; CARBON 14; CENTRAL CHANNELS; DARDANELLES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTI-BEAM; SAPROPEL; SEA OF MARMARA; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF; WATER EXCHANGE;

ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; HOLOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MOLLUSC; PLEISTOCENE; SAPROPEL; SEA LEVEL; SEA SALT; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF SEA;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 69249215106     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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