An abrupt drowning of the Black Sea shelf

被引：362

作者：

Ryan, WBF

Pitman, WC

Major, CO

Shimkus, K

Moskalenko, V

Jones, GA

Dimitrov, P

Gorur, N

Sakinc, M

Yuce, H

机构：

[1] PP SHIRSHOV OCEANOL INST, SO BRANCH, GELENDZHIK 353470 7, RUSSIA

[2] TEXAS A&M UNIV, GALVESTON, TX 77553 USA

[3] BULGARIAN ACAD SCI, INST OCEANOL, VARNA 9000, BULGARIA

[4] ITU MADEN FAK JEOLOJI BOLUMU, TR-80626 AYAZAGA, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

[5] SEYIR HIDROGRAFI & OSINOG DAIRESI, TR-81647 CUBUKLU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

来源：

MARINE GEOLOGY | 1997年 / 138卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

Black Sea; Bosporus; Mediterranean; sapropel; transgression;

D O I：

10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00007-8

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

During latest Quaternary glaciation, the Black Sea became a giant freshwater lake. The surface of this lake drew down to levels more than 100 m below its outlet. When the Mediterranean rose to the Bosporus sill at 7,150 yr BP1, saltwater poured through this spillway to refill the lake and submerge, catastrophically, more than 100,000 km(2) of its exposed continental shelf. The permanent drowning of a vast terrestrial landscape may possibly have accelerated the dispersal of early neolithic foragers and farmers into the interior of Europe at that time. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

引用

页码：119 / 126

页数：8

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