The unaz formation: A key unit in the western black sea region, N Turkey;Batı karadeniz bölgesinde anahtar bir birim: Unaz formasyonu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1009-1028

  Tüysüz, Okan ^a   Yilmaz, Ismail Ömer ^b   Švábenická, Lilian ^c   Kirici, Sabri ^d  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Czech Geological Survey   (Turkey)

^d Turkish Petroleum Coorporation   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black sea; Cretaceous oceanic red beds; Late santonian; Pontides

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRABEN; HORST; LIMESTONE; MAGMATISM; RED BED; RIFTING; SANTONIAN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TURONIAN; VOLCANISM;

BLACK SEA; PONTIDES; TURKEY;

EID: 84858031199     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1006-30     Document Type: Article

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