The obliquity-controlled early pleistocene terrace sequence of the Gediz river, western Turkey: A revised correlation and chronology

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-82

  Maddy, Darrel ^a   Demir, Tuncer ^b   Veldkamp, Antonie ^c   Bridgland, David R ^d   Stemerdink, Chris ^a   van der Schriek, Tim ^a   Schreve, Danielle ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; FLOOD-PLAIN DEVELOPMENT; FLUVIAL INCISION; GEDIZ RIVER; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PLEISTOCENE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RIVER TERRACES; TERRACE FORMATIONS; TIME INTERVAL; VEGETATION CHANGE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TERRACE;

GEDIZ RIVER; TURKEY;

EID: 84855384499     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492011-011     Document Type: Article

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