Rapid Holocene sea-level and climate change in the Black Sea: An evaluation of the Balabanov sea-level curve

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 473, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-58

  Martin, Ronald E ^a   Yanko Hombach, Valentina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Avalon Institute of Applied Science   (Canada)

^c ODESSA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; RUNOFF;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDEX; FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

SEA LEVEL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 79960078623     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2473(04)     Document Type: Article

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