Pleistocene water intrusions from the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas into the Black SeaBadertscher, S., Fleitmann, D., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., Gokturk, O. M., Zumbuhl, A., Leuenberger, M. and Tuysuz, O. (2011) Pleistocene water intrusions from the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas into the Black Sea. Nature Geoscience, 4 (4). pp. 236-239. ISSN 1752-0894 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1106 Abstract/SummaryThe hydrological balance of the Black Sea is governed by riverine input and by the exchange with the Mediterranean Sea. A speleothem record from a cave in northern Turkey that tracks the isotopic signature of Black Sea surface water suggests an open connection to the Mediterranean Sea in at least twelve periods in the past 670,000 years.
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