Sensitivity of the Eastern Mediterranean geomorphic system towards environmental change during the Late Holocene: A chronological perspective

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-382

  Dusar, Bert ^a   Verstraeten, Gert ^a   D'Haen, Koen ^a   Bakker, Johan ^a   Kaptijn, Eva ^a   Waelkens, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cumulative probability distributions; Geomorphic activity; Radiocarbon dating; Sagalassos; Sedimentation rates; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHRONOLOGY; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BURDUR [TURKEY]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SAGALASSOS; TURKEY;

EID: 84859576439     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1555     Document Type: Article

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