Multi-phased uplift of the southern margin of the Central Anatolian plateau, Turkey: A record of tectonic and upper mantle processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-95

  Schildgen, T F ^a   Cosentino, D ^b,c   Bookhagen, B ^d   Niedermann, S ^e   Yildirim, C ^e   Echtler, H ^a,e   Wittmann, H ^e   Strecker, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Central Anatolian plateau; Channel projection; Cosmogenic nuclides; Fluvial strath terraces; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ANATOLIAN PLATEAU; CHANNEL PROJECTION; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; FLUVIAL STRATH TERRACES; UPLIFT;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATCHMENTS; RIVER CONTROL; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COLLISION ZONE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MANTLE PROCESS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER TERRACE; SEAMOUNT; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE;

ANATOLIA; CYPRUS; ERMENEK BASIN; GOKSU RIVER; MUT BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84255209054     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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