Possible waterways between the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea in the late Quaternary: Evidence from ostracod and foraminifer assemblages in lakes Iznik and Sapanca, Turkey

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-86

  Nazik, Atike ^a,f   Meriç, Engin ^b   Avşar, Niyazi ^a   Ünlü, Selma ^c   Esenli, Vildan ^d   Gökaşan, Erkan ^e  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Moda Hüseyin Bey Sokak No 15 4   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; IZMIT BAY; LAKE SAPANCA; LATE QUATERNARY; MARMARA SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RIVER VALLEY; SAKARYA RIVER; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; WORLD OCEAN;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OSTRACOD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONICS;

BLACK SEA; BURSA [TURKEY]; IZNIK LAKE; SAPANCA LAKE; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 79954435659     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0216-9     Document Type: Article

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