Research interests:
I am a sedimentologist and work on the tectono-sedimentary evolution of basins in Turkey. I use a process-oriented approach (description of facies) coupled with several laboratory techniques in order to understand the depositional environments and basin evolution.
I also work on different Quaternary depositional environments (moraines, fluvial terraces, alluvial fans, deltas) and use cosmogenic nuclides to date related deposits. I am mostly concentrated on the study of glacial landscapes in order to understand paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes since the Last Glacial Maximum.
Biography:
2014, Director, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
2013–2014, Professor of Sedimentology & Quaternary Geology, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2008-2009, Visiting Professor, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
2007-2008, Visiting Professor, Université d’Orléans, France
2004-2013, Professor of Sedimentology, Hacettepe University
1995-1995, Business Administration for Engineers SBF, University of Ankara
1993-2003, Visiting Scientist, Université de Strasbourg, Orléans&Paris
1998-2004, Assoc. Prof. of Sedimentology, Hacettepe University
1992–1998, Assist. Prof. of Sedimentology, Hacettepe University
1987-1988, Field Geologist, Anglo-American Gold Company
1985–1987, Teaching Assistant, University of Toledo, OH-USA
1988-1992, PhD. in Sequence Stratigraphy Univ. Louis Pasteur Strasbourg-France
1985-1987, MSc. in Sedimentology University of Toledo, OH-USA
1980-1985, BSc. in Geological Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara
1976-1980, High School Lycée de Galatasaray
1972-1976, College Saint Joseph-İzmir
Most important 5 publications:
Çiner, A., Doğan, U., Yıldırım, C., Akçar, N., Ivy-Ochs, S., Alfimov, V., Kubik, P.W., Schlüchter, C. 2015. Quaternary uplift rates of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey: Insights from cosmogenic isochron-burial nuclide dating of the Kızılırmak River terraces. Quaternary Science Reviews, 107, 81-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.007.
Çiner, A. 2004. Turkish glaciers and glacial deposits. In: “Quaternary Glaciations: Extent and Chronology”, Part. I: Europe”. Ehlers, J. & Gibbard, P.L. (eds.), Elsevier Publications, Developments in Quaternary Science, Vol. 2, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 419-429. DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(04)80093-9.
Çiner, A., Strecker, M.R., Bertotti, G. 2013. Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Central Anatolia Plateau: Preface. T. Journal of Earth Sciences, 22, i-ii.
Çiner, A., Desruelles, S., Fouache, E., Koşun, E., Dalongeville, R. 2009. Beachrock formations on the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey: Implications for Holocene sea level changes and tectonics. Geological Bulletin of Turkey, 52, 3, 257-296.
Çiner, A., Karabıyıkoğlu, M., Monod, O., Deynoux, M., Tuzcu, S. 2008. Late Cenozoic sedimentary evolution of the Antalya Basin, Southern Turkey. T. Journal of Earth Sciences, 17, 1-41.
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