The Marmara Sea Gateway since ∼16 ky BP: Non-catastrophic causes of paleoceanographic events in the Black Sea at 8.4 and 7.15 ky BP

The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate, and Human Settlement

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 89-117

  Hiscott, Richard N ^a   Aksu, Ali E ^a   Mudie, Peta J ^b   Kaminski, Michael A ^c   Abrajano, Teofilo ^d   Yaśar, Doǧan ^e   Rochon, André ^f  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^e DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black Sea Flood Hypothesis; Bosphorus Strait; climate change; Marmara Sea Gateway; Outflow Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892245988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5302-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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