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Seismogenic structures in Quaternary lacustrine deposits of Lake Van (eastern Turkey)

Geologos
Volume 20 (2014): Issue 2 (June 2014)
By: Serkan Üner  
Open Access
|Jul 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2014-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
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Language: English
Page range: 79 - 87
Submitted on: Nov 7, 2013
Accepted on: Dec 17, 2013
Published on: Jul 8, 2014
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
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Keywords:
Seismites,
soft-sediment deformation structures,
earthquake,
Lake Van,
Turkey
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geophysics,
Geology and mineralogy,
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