A revised calendar age for the last reconnection of the Black Sea to the global ocean

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1019-1026

  Soulet, G ^a,b   Menot G ^a   Lericolais, G ^b   Bard, E ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Black sea; Bosphorus sill; Reconnection; Reservoir age

Indexed keywords

BLACK SEA; BOSPHORUS SILL; COASTAL PLAIN; DATA SETS; FLOW EXCHANGE; GLOBAL OCEAN; HARD WATER; HOLOCENES; RADIOCARBON AGE; RECONNECTION; RESERVOIR AGE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMNS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DECADAL VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GLOBAL OCEAN; HOLOCENE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; SILL; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 79955712685     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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