[HTML][HTML] Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain: Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution

W Krijgsman, A Tesakov, T Yanina, S Lazarev… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pontocaspian (Black Sea-Caspian Sea) region has a very dynamic history of
basin development and biotic evolution. The region is the remnant of a once vast Paratethys …

Quantitative estimation of Holocene surface salinity variation in the Black Sea using dinoflagellate cyst process length

KN Mertens, LR Bradley, Y Takano, PJ Mudie… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Reconstruction of salinity in the Holocene Black Sea has been an ongoing debate over the
past four decades. Here we calibrate summer surface water salinity in the Black Sea, Sea of …

Twenty years of XRF core scanning marine sediments: what do geochemical proxies tell us?

RG Rothwell, I Croudace - Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores …, 2015 - Springer
XRF core scanners, with their rapid and non-destructive analytical capability, have now
been used for two decades in the analysis of marine sediments. Initially they were used to …

The tephra record from the Sea of Marmara for the last ca. 70 ka and its palaeoceanographic implications

MN Çağatay, S Wulf, Ü Sancar, A Özmaral, L Vidal… - Marine Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
We report the results of tephrochronological studies on marine cores from the eastern and
western part of the Sea of Marmara extending back to early MIS-4. Glass shard compositions …

Large scale anthropogenic reduction of forest cover in Last Glacial Maximum Europe

JO Kaplan, M Pfeiffer, JCA Kolen, BAS Davis - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Reconstructions of the vegetation of Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) are an
enigma. Pollen-based analyses have suggested that Europe was largely covered by steppe …

Monsoon-influenced variation in productivity and lithogenic sediment flux since 110 ka in the offshore Mahanadi Basin, northern Bay of Bengal

SC Phillips, JE Johnson, L Giosan, K Rose - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The Indian monsoon drives seasonal changes in precipitation and weathering across India
as well as circulation and productivity in the northern Indian Ocean. Variation in paleo …

Late Pleistocene–Holocene evolution of the northern shelf of the Sea of Marmara

MN Çağatay, K Eriş, WBF Ryan, Ü Sancar, A Polonia… - Marine Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Chirp sub-bottom profiling, multibeam bathymetric mapping and a combination of faunal and
isotopic analysis of molluscs and foraminifera in sediment cores on the northern shelf of the …

The geomorphological regions of Turkey

C Kuzucuoğlu, A Çiner, N Kazancı - Landscapes and landforms of Turkey, 2019 - Springer
The core of Turkey's land is the Anatolian Peninsula, which is surrounded by several seas
(Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea). Offering a high variety of morphological …

Paleo-environmental controls on cold seep carbonate authigenesis in the Sea of Marmara

A Crémière, G Bayon, E Ponzevera, C Pierre - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The factors controlling fluid emission dynamics at ocean margins are poorly understood. In
particular, there are significant uncertainties on how fluid seepage at cold seeps may have …

High-resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift

LC McNeill, DJ Shillington, GDO Carter, JD Everest… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Young rifts are shaped by combined tectonic and surface processes and climate, yet few
records exist to evaluate the interplay of these processes over an extended period of early …