Stable isotope-based reconstruction of Oligo-Miocene paleoenvironment and paleohydrology of Central Anatolian lake basins (Turkey)

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 793-819

  Lüdecke, Tina ^a,b   Mikes, Tamás ^b,f   Rojay, F Bora ^c   Cosca, Michael A ^d   Mulch, Andreas ^a,b,e  

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

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f Eriksfiord AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Cenozoic; Central anatolian plateau; Lacustrine carbonates; Stable isotopes; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ARIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLATEAU; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84882997195     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1207-11     Document Type: Article

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