Seismically-generated hydroplastic deformation structures in the Late Miocene lacustrine deposits of the Malatya Basin, eastern Turkey

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 264-276

  Koç Taşgin, Calibe ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eastern Anatolia; Lacustrine deposits; Malatya Basin; Seismites; Upper Miocene

Indexed keywords

EASTERN ANATOLIA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; MALATYA BASIN; SEISMITES; UPPER MIOCENE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEPOSITS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; SEISMITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANATOLIA; MALATYA BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 79952446872     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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