A post Younger Dryas Black Sea regression identified from sequence stratigraphy correlated to core analysis and dating

Quaternary International

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Lericolais, G ^a   Guichard, F ^b   Morigi, C ^c   Minereau, A ^d   Popescu, I ^e   Radan, S ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d Asterie   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOEUSTACY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; REGRESSION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BLACK SEA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 77956611661     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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