Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxi

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2. Outlines

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction to Landscapes and Landforms of Turkey

      • Catherine Kuzucuoğlu, Attila Çiner, Nizamettin Kazancı

      Pages 3-5

   3. The Physical Geography of Turkey: An Outline

      • Catherine Kuzucuoğlu

      Pages 7-15

   4. The Tectonic Control on the Geomorphological Landscapes of Turkey

      • Catherine Kuzucuoğlu, A. M. Celâl Şengör, Attila Çiner

      Pages 17-40

   5. The Geomorphological Regions of Turkey

      • Catherine Kuzucuoğlu, Attila Çiner, Nizamettin Kazancı

      Pages 41-178

3. Karst

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Karstic Landscapes and Landforms in Turkey

      • Lütfi Nazik, Murat Poyraz, Mustafa Karabıyıkoğlu

      Pages 181-196

   3. Gypsum Karst Landscape in the Sivas Basin

      • Uğur Doğan, Serdar Yeşilyurt

      Pages 197-206

   4. The Antalya Tufas: Landscapes, Morphologies, Age, Formation Processes and Early Human Activities

      • Erdal Koşun, Baki Varol, Harun Taşkıran

      Pages 207-218

   5. Pamukkale Travertines: A Natural and Cultural Monument in the World Heritage List

      • Erhan Altunel, Francesco D’Andria

      Pages 219-229

4. Coastal Landforms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

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   2. Coastal Landforms and Landscapes of Turkey

      • Attila Çiner

      Pages 233-247

   3. The Geology and Geomorphology of İstanbul

      • A. M. Celâl Şengör, Tayfun Kındap

      Pages 249-263

   4. The Sinop Peninsula: The Northernmost Part of Asia Minor

      • Cengiz Yıldırım, Okan Tüysüz, Tolga Görüm

      Pages 265-276

   5. Landscape Development and Changing Environment of Troia (North-western Anatolia)

      • İlhan Kayan

      Pages 277-291

   6. Rapid Delta Growth in Historical Times at Ephesus and Miletus—The Examples of the Küçük and the Büyük Menderes Rivers

      • Helmut Brückner

      Pages 293-306

   7. Landscape Development of the Eşen Valley and Delta Plain (Letoôn and Patara Sites)

      • Ertuğ Öner

      Pages 307-321

5. Lakes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323

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   2. The Lake Basins of South-west Anatolia

      • Nizamettin Kazancı, Neil Roberts

      Pages 325-337

This book on Turkish geomorphology offers location descriptions, based on their dynamics and evolution processes, including hydrology, tectonics, volcanism, slopes, coasts, ice/snow, and wind. It presents landforms as a result of evolution (Quaternary, Holocene, historic) and in relation to the elements determining and/or impacting this evolution (vegetation, soil, hydrology, geology, climate, sea level and human action) as well as the resulting landscapes. Richly illustrated with pictures from each site, including geomorphological maps and sections, it explains the risks associated with the geomorphological dynamics (on local and global scales), natural and/or cultural heritage (archaeology, prehistory, history, architectural specifications adapted to the landscape), as well as challenges for human society (endangered landscape, protection/conservation rules/statutes, posters/paintings.).

• Turkish Geomorphology
• Anatolia
• Turkey
• Landscape Evolution
• Plateau
• Taurus
• Pontides
• Karst Landscapes
• Morphotectonics
• Hydrogeology
• Environment
• Archaeology
• Volcanoes
• Glaciers
• Highlands, Mountains and Valleys
• world regional geography
• historical geology

• Laboratory of Physical Geography (LGP, UMR 8591), CNRS, Universities of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris 12 U-Pec, Meudon, France

  Catherine Kuzucuoğlu

• Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

  Attila Çiner

• Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

  Nizamettin Kazancı

Prof. Catherine Kuzucuoglu, the lead Editor, is Research Director in geomorphology and palaeoenvironments at the Laboratory of Physical Geography ofCNRS-INEE/Paris-1 University, at Meudon (France).

Attila Çiner, the second editor, is geologist and Director of Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

Nizamettin Kazancı, the third editor, is geologist and recently retired from Ankara University, Turkey.

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