Postglacial connection of the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and its relation to the timing of sapropel formation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Lane Serff, Gregory F ^a   Rohling, Eelco I ^a   Bryden, Harry L ^a   Charnock, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER FORMATION; FRESHWATER INFLUX; MODEL; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; POSTGLACIAL CONNECTION; SAPROPEL; SAPROPELS; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATER EXCHANGE;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030826478     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA03934     Document Type: Article

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