Late glacial to Holocene sea-level changes in the Sea of Marmara: New evidence from high-resolution seismics and core studies

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Eriş, Kürşad Kadir ^a   Cagatay M N ^a   Akçer, Sena ^a   Gasperini, Luca ^b   Mart, Yosi ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; WATER LEVELS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; REFLECTOR SURFACES; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS;

SEA LEVEL;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC DATA; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

BRIZALINA SPATHULATA; PUPOIDES;

EID: 78751582134     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0211-1     Document Type: Article

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