Recent surficial shelf sediments of the Cilician Basin (Turkey), northeastern Mediterranean

Ediger V., Evans G., Ergin M.

CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, vol.17, no.13, pp.1659-1677, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 13
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0278-4343(97)00030-7
  • Journal Name: CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1659-1677
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The continental shelf of Mersin Bay forms the northwestern margin of the Adana-Cilician Basin; it extends from the Goksu delta (in the southwest) to the Seyhan-Tarsus-Ceyhan delta (in the northeast) and is narrower and steeper in the southwest than in the northeast.