An abrupt drowning of the Black Sea shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Ryan, William B F ^a   Pitman III, Walter C ^a   Major, Candace O ^a   Shimkus, Kazimieras ^b   Moskalenko, Vladamir ^b   Jones, Glenn A ^c   Dimitrov, Petko ^d   Gorür, Naci ^e   Sakinç, Mehmet ^e   Yüce, Hüseyin ^f  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^e ITU Maden Fakultesi Jeoloji B   (Turkey)

^f Seyir Hidrografi ve O inografi Dairesi Ba kanli i   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Bosporus; Mediterranean; Sapropel; Transgression

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DROWNING; GLACIATION; LAKE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAL LEVEL CHANGES;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0030789642     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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