High-resolution palynological analysis in Lake Sapanca as a tool to detect recent earthquakes on the North Anatolian Fault

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 2616-2632

  Leroy, Suzanne A G ^a   Boyraz, Sonay ^b   Gürbüz, Alper ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ENGINEERING CONTROLS; EVENT BED; FUNGAL SPORES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; IZMIT EARTHQUAKES; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE SAPANCA; LAKE SEDIMENTS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; NORTHWEST TURKEY; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PALYNOMORPHS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; UPLAND AREA;

EARTHQUAKES; RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

FAULT ZONE; FERN; FUNGUS; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MOSS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SPORE; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; SAPANCA LAKE; TURKEY;

BRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 70350212440     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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