Synchronous Last Glacial Maximum across the Anatolian peninsula

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 433, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 251-269

  Akçar, Naki ^a   Yavuz, Vural ^b   Yeşilyurt, Serdar ^c   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^d   Reber, Regina ^a   Bayrakdar, Cihan ^e   Kubik, Peter W ^d   Zahno, Conradin ^f   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f NONE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85011599451     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP433.7     Document Type: Chapter

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