Constraints on Black Sea outflow to the Sea of Marmara during the last glacial-interglacial transition

Marine Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-34

  Major, Candace ^a   Ryan, William ^a   Lericolais, Gilles ^b   Hajdas, Irka ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Deglaciation; Sapropel; Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER;

CLAY; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CLAY MINERAL; DEGLACIATION; OUTFLOW; SAPROPEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BLACK SEA; SEA OF MARMARA;

EID: 0037107550     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00340-7     Document Type: Article

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