Palaeoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Tuǧlu Formation (Çankırı Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 747-777

  Mazzini, Ilaria ^a,g   HUDÁČKOVÁ, Natália ^b   Joniak, Peter ^b   KOVÁČOVÁ, Marianna ^b   Mikes, Tamás ^c,d   Mulch, Andreas ^c,d,e   Rojay, F Bora ^f   Lucifora, Stella ^g   Esu, Daniela ^a,h   Soulié Märsche, Ingeborg ⁱ  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Late miocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeomagnetism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERTIARY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ANATOLIA; CANKIRI BASIN; TURKEY;

CHARACEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORAMINIFERA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84882976252     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1207-10     Document Type: Article

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