Seismic stratigraphy of Late Quaternary deposits from the southwestern Black Sea shelf: Evidence for non-catastrophic variations in sea-level during the last ∼10 000 yr

Marine Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 61-94

  Aksu, A E ^a   Hiscott, R N ^a   Yasar D ^b   Isler F I ^a   Marsh, S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Sea level; Sequence stratigraphy; Transgressive systems tracts

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY CORES;

BEACHES; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0037107571     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00343-2     Document Type: Article

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