The radiocarbon reservoir age of Lake Van, eastern Turkey

Makaroglu O., Cagatay M. N., Orbay N., Pesonen L. J.

QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, vol.408, pp.113-122, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 408
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.008
  • Journal Name: QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.113-122
  • Keywords: Lake Van, Reservoir age, Radiocarbon, Holocene, ORGANIC-MATTER, EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM, LAMINATED SEDIMENTS, SE ICELAND, ANATOLIA, HOLOCENE, IMPACT, CALIBRATION, EVOLUTION, RECORDS
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No

Abstract

Lake Van is the largest soda lake in the world, located on the east Anatolian Plateau in Turkey. Its varved sediments provide an excellent archive of high-resolution paleoclimate record for the Near East. Varve-counting and radiocarbon methods are therefore important dating techniques for investigating the Lake Van sedimentary paleoclimate record.