Climatic and environmental evolution of Lake Iznik (NW Turkey) over the last∼ 4700 years

UB Ülgen, SO Franz, D Biltekin, MN Çagatay… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Magnetic susceptibility, geochemistry, mineralogy and palynology of sediments from Lake
Iznik in Northwestern Anatolia, Turkey, provide a 4700 year record of climatic trends and …

Lithostratigraphic and geochronological framework for the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the last∼ 36 ka cal BP from a sediment record from Lake Iznik (NW …

PA Roeser, SO Franz, T Litt, UB Ülgen, A Hilgers… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
New sediment cores were recovered from two sites in the central part of Lake Iznik with the
overall aim of reconstructing past environmental conditions of the Marmara region. The …

Evolutionary mechanisms of the Paratethys Sea and its separation into the Black Sea and Caspian Sea

NV Esin, VV Yanko-Hombach, NI Esin - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
A possible mechanism leading to the transformation of the Paratethys seas (ie, the
Sarmatian Sea-Lake, Meotian Sea, Pontian Sea-Lake, etc.) is here proposed. The time …

Contribution of natural and anthropogenic effects in the Iznik Lake bottom sediment: Geochemical and microfauna assemblages evidence

IF Barut, M Ergin, E Meriç, N Avşar, A Nazik… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
The relationship between the distribution of benthic foraminifera with ostracoda and
sediment type and geochemical environment in the Iznik Lake is discussed. The microfauna …

Recent tectonic features of Western Anatolia based on half-space modeling of GNSS Data

Hİ Solak, İ Tiryakioğlu, Ç Özkaymak, H Sözbilir, B Aktuğ… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
A new block model including a 111-site GNSS network was computed to determine
deformation pattern in Western Anatolia. These GNSS sites serving the block model were …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic stratigraphy and sediment cores reveal lake-level fluctuations in Lake Iznik (NW Turkey) over the past∼ 70 ka

R Gastineau, FS Anselmetti, SC Fabbri, P Sabatier… - Sedimentary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our study aims to understand the palaeohydrological history of Lake Iznik and unravel the
complex interplay between climatic, tectonic, and environmental factors that have shaped …

An assessment of trace element contamination in the freshwater sediments of Lake Iznik (NW Turkey)

S Ünlü, B Alpar - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Iznik Lake, a freshwater lake surrounded by a fertile basin of land in NW Turkey, is
deteriorating gradually depending upon the increment in loadings which is ascribed to the …

Postglacial floodings of the Marmara Sea: molluscs and sediments tell the story

Y Büyükmeriç - Geo-Marine Letters, 2016 - Springer
The early Holocene marine flooding of the Black Sea has been the subject of intense
scientific debate since the “Noah's Flood” hypothesis was proposed in the late 1990s. The …

Seasonal hydrochemical changes and spatial sedimentological variations in Lake Iznik (NW Turkey)

FA Viehberg, UB Ülgen, E Damcı, SO Franz… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Marmara region is a key area to investigate the interconnection and environmental
changes between the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean related to climate patterns …

The tectonic control on the geomorphological landscapes of Turkey

C Kuzucuoğlu, AM Celâl Şengör, A Çiner - Landscapes and landforms of …, 2019 - Springer
The multifarious landforms making up the landscapes of Turkey are largely controlled by
tectonic activity since the last 11 Ma, at most 23 Ma making surface correlation by elevation …