Hydraulic calculations of postglacial connections between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-267

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Wielki, Chris ^a   Goldstein, Shoshana B ^a   Rohling, Eelco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Bosphorus; Hydraulic modelling; Mediterranean; Palaeoceanography; Sea of Marmara

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HYDRAULICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS FILLING;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CATASTROPHE THEORY; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULICS; INFLOW; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER EXCHANGE;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0142211010     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00225-1     Document Type: Article

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