Upper Quaternary water level history and sedimentation in the northwestern Black Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 127-146

  Winguth, C ^a   Wong, H K ^a   Panin, N ^b   Dinu, C ^c   Georgescu, P ^c   Ungureanu, G ^c   Krugliakov, V V ^d   Podshuveit, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d Krymskaya St 18 35340   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Quaternary; Seismic data; Submarine fan; Water level changes

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC BEHAVIOR; WATER LEVEL;

QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER LEVEL;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0034659432     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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