Clay mineral distribution in last Glacial-Holocene sediment cores from the eastern Marmara Sea (çinarcik Basin-Izmit Gulf Transition), NW-Turkey: Multisources and transport paths in a two-way flow system

Quaternary International

Volumn 261, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-74

  Ergin, Mustafa ^a   Bayhan, Emel ^b   Temel, Abidin ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; GULF OF IZMIT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

MICAS;

EID: 84860542859     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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