TY - JOUR
T1 - Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain
T2 - Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution
AU - Krijgsman, W.
AU - Tesakov, A.
AU - Yanina, T.
AU - Lazarev, S.
AU - Danukalova, G.
AU - Van Baak, C. G.C.
AU - Agustí, J.
AU - Flecker, R.
AU - Kroonenberg, S. B.
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - 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 Sea. It contains some of the best Eurasian geological records of tectonic, climatic and paleoenvironmental change. The Pliocene-Quaternary co-evolution of the Black Sea-Caspian Sea is dominated by major changes in water (lake and sea) levels resulting in a pulsating system of connected and isolated basins. Understanding the history of the region, including the drivers of lake level and faunal evolution, is hampered by indistinct stratigraphic nomenclature and contradicting time constraints for regional sedimentary successions. In this paper we review and update the late Pliocene to Quaternary stratigraphic framework of the Pontocaspian domain, focusing on the Black Sea Basin, Caspian Basin, Marmara Sea and the terrestrial environments surrounding these large, mostly endorheic lake-sea systems.
AB - 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 Sea. It contains some of the best Eurasian geological records of tectonic, climatic and paleoenvironmental change. The Pliocene-Quaternary co-evolution of the Black Sea-Caspian Sea is dominated by major changes in water (lake and sea) levels resulting in a pulsating system of connected and isolated basins. Understanding the history of the region, including the drivers of lake level and faunal evolution, is hampered by indistinct stratigraphic nomenclature and contradicting time constraints for regional sedimentary successions. In this paper we review and update the late Pliocene to Quaternary stratigraphic framework of the Pontocaspian domain, focusing on the Black Sea Basin, Caspian Basin, Marmara Sea and the terrestrial environments surrounding these large, mostly endorheic lake-sea systems.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.10.013
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85055590642
SN - 0012-8252
VL - 188
SP - 1
EP - 40
JO - Earth-Science Reviews
JF - Earth-Science Reviews
ER -