Climate-controlled river terrace formation in the Kizilirmak Valley, Cappadocia section, Turkey: Inferred from Ar-Ar dating of Quaternary basalts and terraces stratigraphy

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 66-81

  Doǧan, Uǧur ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Climate control; Incision aggradation; Kizilirmak; River terrace; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL;

KIZILIRMAK RIVER; TURKEY;

EID: 78650866716     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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