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  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Geology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Geology

Overview

Attila Çiner is affiliated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and has published extensively in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Anthropology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics of Çiner's research encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and Environmental Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Landslides and Related Hazards
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Çiner's recent papers include:

  • Modelling Last Glacial Maximum ice cap with the Parallel Ice Sheet Model to infer palaeoclimate in south-west Turkey (2020), Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Late-glacial to Holocene glaciers in the Turkish mountains (2020), Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
  • Last glacial maximum deglaciation of the Southern Velebit Mt. (Croatia): insights from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of Rujanska Kosa (2020), Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
  • Depositional environments and salt-thickness variations in Urmia Lake (NW Iran): Insight from sediment-core studies (2021), Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • An early glacial maximum during the last glacial cycle on the northern Velebit Mt. (Croatia) (2021), Geomorphology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya
  • Cengiz Yıldırım
  • Ayhan Ilgar
  • Aynur Hakyemez
  • Klaus M. Wilcken

Çiner's work appears regularly in several publication venues, with the highest numbers of contributions to:

  • Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geomorphology
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research

In addition to journal articles, Çiner has contributed to scholarly books published by Springer International Publishing. Titles include "Recent Research on Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Marine Geosciences and Geochemistry" (2022) and "Recent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science, Paleoclimate, and Karst" (2023).

Çiner has received recognition from The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi in the field of Geology.

Best Publications

  • Cold and wet Last Glacial Maximum on Mount Sandıras, SW Turkey, inferred from cosmogenic dating and glacier modeling

    Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Marek Zreda;Attila Çiner;Chris Zweck

  • Glaciations and paleoclimate of Mount Erciyes, central Turkey, since the Last Glacial Maximum, inferred from 36Cl cosmogenic dating and glacier modeling

    Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Marek Zreda;Attila Çiner

  • Beachrocks and sea level changes since Middle Holocene: Comparison between the insular group of Mykonos–Delos–Rhenia (Cyclades, Greece) and the southern coast of Turkey

    Stéphane Desruelles;Éric Fouache;Attila Ciner;Rémi Dalongeville

  • Quaternary glaciations of Turkey

    Mehmet Akif Sarikaya;Attila Çiner;Marek G Zreda

  • Permafrost conditions in the Mediterranean region since the Last Glaciation

    M. Oliva;M. Žebre;M. Guglielmin;P.D. Hughes

  • An early advance of glaciers on Mount Akdağ, SW Turkey, before the global Last Glacial Maximum; insights from cosmogenic nuclides and glacier modeling

    Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Attila Çiner;Himmet Haybat;Marek Zreda

  • Turkish glaciers and glacial deposits

    Attila Çiner

  • Facies architecture and depositional evolution of alluvial fan to fan-delta complexes in the tectonically active Miocene Köprüçay Basin, Isparta Angle, Turkey

    Max Deynoux;Attila Çiner;Olivier Monod;Mustafa Karabıyıkoglu

  • Facies and environmental setting of the Miocene coral reefs in the late-orogenic fill of the Antalya Basin, western Taurides, Turkey: implications for tectonic control and sea-level changes

    M. Karabıyıkoğlu;S. Tuzcu;A. Çiner;M. Deynoux

  • Quaternary uplift rates of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey: Insights from cosmogenic isochron-burial nuclide dating of the Kizilirmak River terraces

    Attila Çiner;Uğur Doğan;Cengiz Yıldırım;Naki Akçar

  • Late Quaternary glaciations in the eastern Mediterranean

    Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Attila Çiner

  • Late Cenozoic Sedimentary Evolution of the Antalya Basin, Southern Turkey

    Attila Çiner;Mustafa Karabiyikoğlu;Olivier Monod;Max Deynoux

  • Tectonosedimentary Evolution of the Miocene Manavgat Basin, Western Taurides, Turkey

    Mustafa Karabiyikoğlu;Attila Çiner;Olivier Monod;Max Deynoux

  • Remarkably extensive glaciation and fast deglaciation and climate change in Turkey near the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary

    Marek Zreda;Attila Çiner;Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Chris Zweck

  • Late Pleistocene piedmont glaciations in the Eastern Mediterranean; insights from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of hummocky moraines in southern Turkey

    Attila Çiner;Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Cengiz Yıldırım

  • Misleading old age on a young landform? The dilemma of cosmogenic inheritance in surface exposure dating: Moraines vs. rock glaciers

    Attila Çiner;Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Cengiz Yıldırım

  • First cosmogenic geochronology from the Lesser Caucasus: Late Pleistocene glaciation and rock glacier development in the Karçal Valley, NE Turkey

    Volkan Dede;İhsan Çiçek;Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Attila Çiner

  • Cosmogenic 36Cl glacial chronologies of the Late Quaternary glaciers on Mount Geyikdağ in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Mehmet Akif Sarıkaya;Attila Çiner;Cengiz Yıldırım

  • Late Pleistocene intraplate extension of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey: Inferences from cosmogenic exposure dating of alluvial fan, landslide, and moraine surfaces along the Ecemiş Fault Zone

    Cengiz Yıldırım;M. Akif Sarıkaya;Attila Çiner

  • Late Quaternary glaciations and cosmogenic 36Cl geochronology of Mount Dedegöl, south‐west Turkey

    Oğuzhan Köse;M. Akİf Sarıkaya;Attİla Çİner;Adem Candaş

  • Fluvial, evaporitic and shallow-marine facies architecture, depositional evolution and cyclicity in the Sivas Basin (Lower to Middle Miocene), Central Turkey

    Attila Çiner;Erdal Kosun;Max Deynoux

  • Late Pleistocene intraplate extension of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey: Inferences from cosmogenic exposure dating of alluvial fan, landslide and moraine surfaces along the Ecemiș Fault Zone

    Cengiz Yildirim;Mehmet Akif Sarikaya;Attila Ciner

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehmet Sarikaya
Mehmet Sarikaya University of Washington
Marek Zreda
Marek Zreda University of Arizona
Manfred R. Strecker
Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam
Daniel Melnick
Daniel Melnick Austral University of Chile
Bodo Bookhagen
Bodo Bookhagen University of Potsdam
Philip Hughes
Philip Hughes University of Manchester
Peter Steier
Peter Steier University of Vienna
Christian Schlüchter
Christian Schlüchter University of Bern
Robert A. Duncan
Robert A. Duncan Oregon State University
Jamie Woodward
Jamie Woodward University of Manchester

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