Sedimentary earthquake records in the İzmit Gulf, Sea of Marmara, Turkey

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 347-359

  Cagatay M N ^a   Erel, L ^a   Bellucci, L G ^b   Polonia, A ^b   Gasperini, L ^b   Eris K K ^a   Sancar, Ü ^a   Biltekin, D ^a   Ucarkus G ^a   Ulgen U B ^a   Damci, E ^a  

^a Maden Fakültesi   (Turkey)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake records; Homogenite; zmit Gulf; Sea of Marmara; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; BI-DIRECTIONAL; DIAGENETICS; EARTHQUAKE RECORDS; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HOMOGENEOUS SUSPENSIONS; HOMOGENITE; LOWER BOUNDARY; MUD LAYER; OSCILLATING CURRENT; RADIOCARBON METHOD; REDOX CONDITION; SEA OF MARMARA; SEDIMENT SOURCES; TURBIDITE; WATER COLUMNS;

EARTHQUAKES; ISOTOPES; LAMINATING; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; KOCAELI EARTHQUAKE 1999; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SAND; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SILT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURBIDITE;

GULF OF IZMIT; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84870397095     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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