Oscillating Quaternary water levels of the Marmara Sea and vigorous outflow into the Aegean Sea from the Marmara Sea-Black Sea drainage corridor

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 275-302

  Aksu, A E ^a   Hiscott, R N ^a   Yasar D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Deltas; Marmara Sea; Mediterranean; Sapropel; Transgression

Indexed keywords

GLACIOEUSTACY; OUTFLOW; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA;

EID: 0032954518     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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