The Gediz River fluvial archive: A benchmark for Quaternary research in Western Anatolia

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MADDY D., VELDKAMP A., DEMİR T., VAN GORP W., Wijbrans J. R., van Hinsbergen D. J. J., ...More

QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, vol.166, pp.289-306, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 166
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.031
  • Journal Name: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.289-306
  • Keywords: Gediz River, Pleistocene, Fluvial archive, Buried river terraces, GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION, TERRACE STAIRCASE, VOLCANIC FIELD, TURKEY, UPLIFT, KULA, EVOLUTION, DRAINAGE, PLIOCENE, NEOGENE
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The Gediz River, one of the principal rivers of Western Anatolia, has an extensive Pleistocene fluvial archive that potentially offers a unique window into fluvial system behaviour on the western margins of Asia during the Quaternary. In this paper we review our work on the Quaternary Gediz River Project (2001-2010) and present new data which leads to a revised stratigraphical model for the Early Pleistocene development of this fluvial system.