Late glacial to Holocene benthic foraminifera in the Marmara Sea: Implications for Black Sea-Mediterranean Sea connections following the last deglaciation

Marine Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 165-202

  Kaminski, Michael A ^a,b   Aksu, Ali ^c   Box, Matthew ^a,b   Hiscott, Richard N ^c   Filipescu, Sorin ^a,b,d   Al Salameen, Muna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KLFR   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Black Sea; Holocene; Marmara Sea Gateway

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY CORES; STRATIFIED WATER COLUMNS;

BIODIVERSITY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; OUTFLOW; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA;

EID: 0037107529     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00347-X     Document Type: Article

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