Lake level and climate records of the last 90ka from the Northern Basin of Lake Van, eastern Turkey

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-116

  Cagatay M N ^a   Ogretmen N ^a   Damci, E ^a   Stockhecke, M ^b,c   Sancar, U ^a   Eris K K ^d   Ozeren S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

90ka climate records; ICDP PaleoVan; Lake level; Lake Van; Multproxy analyses; Northern Basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RECORD; ICDP PALEOVAN; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE VANS; MULTPROXY ANALYSES; NORTHERN BASINS;

AUTHIGENESIS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; HOLOCENE; INTERSTADIAL; LAKE LEVEL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ANATOLIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRAN; KORDESTAN; LAKE URMIA; LAKE VAN; LAKE ZERIBAR; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 84909599486     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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