Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey: Incision and paleoaltimetry recorded from volcanic rocks

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 739-746

  Aydar, Erkan ^a   ÇUbukçU, H Evren ^a   ŞEN, Erdal ^a   Akin, Lütfiye ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cappadocia; Erosion; Incision; Paleoaltimetry; Uplift; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; EROSION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; IGNIMBRITE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; PLATEAU; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ANATOLIA; CAPPADOCIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84882993908     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1211-8     Document Type: Article

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