First record of beachrock on Black Sea coast of Turkey: Implications for Late Holocene sea-level fluctuations

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-302

  Erginal, Ahmet Evren ^a   Ekinci, Yunus Levent ^b   Demirci, Alper ^b   Bozcu, Mustafa ^b   Ozturk, Muhammed Zeynel ^b   Avcioglu, Mustafa ^b   Oztura, Erdal ^b  

^a ARDAHAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beachrock; Black Sea; Sea level changes; Sequential cementation; Thrace

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; BLACK SEA; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENTIAL CEMENTATION; THRACE;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SEA LEVEL; SOLVENTS;

CEMENTS;

BEACHROCK; CEMENTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHIFICATION; METEORIC WATER; NEW RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BLACK SEA COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

THRACIA;

EID: 84880403373     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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