The Late Holocene evolution of the Black Sea - a critical view on the so-called Phanagorian regression

Quaternary International

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-174

  Fouache, Eric ^a   Kelterbaum, Daniel ^b   Brückner, Helmut ^b   Lericolais, Gilles ^c   Porotov, Alexey ^d   Dikarev, Vassily ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84862567694     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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