Research interests:

I am a Quaternary Geologist. My research focus is to understand the past and present surface processes and climate of Earth via in-situ produced cosmogenic isotopes and satellite imagery. I mainly use chlorine-36 to date glacier related landforms, and apply physical glacier models to investigate the paleoclimate on Turkish mountains. I also do research on present glaciers of Turkey. Currently, I am expanding the cosmogenic isotope geochronology applications to non-glaciated regions such as active tectonic fields and Quaternary volcanic provinces.

Biography:
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2018, Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2013-2018, Assoc. Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2009-2010, PostDoc., Remote Sensing and GIS Lab., Geography-Geology, Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha USA
2009-2009, Expert, Cosmogenic Isotopes Lab., University of Arizona, AZ, USA
2004-2009, Res. Assistant, Hydrology and Water Resources Department, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
2004-2009, PhD, Hydrology and Water Resources Department, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
1998-2004, Res. Asistant, Geological Engin. Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara
1998-2001, MSc., Geological Engin. Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara
1993-1998, BSc., Geological Engin. Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara

Öne çıkan 5 yayını:

Sarıkaya, M.A., Çiner, A. 2015. The late Quaternary glaciation in the Eastern Mediterranean. In: “Quaternary Glaciation in the Mediterranean Mountains”. Hughes, P. & Woodward, J. (eds.), Geological Society of London Special Publication, 433 doi.org/10.1144/SP433.4. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/online-first/433

Sarıkaya, M.A., Çiner, A., Yıldırım, C., 2017. Cosmogenic 36Cl glacial chronologies of the Late Quaternary glaciers on Mount Geyikdağ in the Eastern Mediterranean, Quaternary Geochronology 39, 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2017.03.003

Sarıkaya, M.A., Yıldırım, C., Çiner, A., 2015. No surface breaking on the Ecemiş Fault, central Turkey, since Late Pleistocene (~64.5 ka); new geomorphic and geochronologic data from cosmogenic dating of offset alluvial fans. Tectonophysics 649, 33-46. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.02.022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.02.022

Sarıkaya, M.A., Çiner, A., Zreda, A., 2015, Fairy chimney erosion rates on Cappadocia ignimbrites, Turkey; insights from cosmogenic nuclides. Geomorphology 234, 182-191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.039

Sarıkaya, M.A., 2012, Recession of the ice cap on Mount Ağrı (Ararat), Turkey, from 1976 to 2011 and its climatic significance. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 46, 190-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.12.009