Timing of the last Mediterranean Sea - Black Sea connection from isostatic models and regional sea-level data

Sivan, Dorit; Purcell, Anthony; Lambeck, Kurt

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Timing of the last Mediterranean Sea - Black Sea connection from isostatic models and regional sea-level data

Date

2007

Authors

Sivan, Dorit

Purcell, Anthony

Lambeck, Kurt

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Water levels in the Mediterranean and Black Seas since the Last Glacial Maximum have varied substantially across the region because of the influence of the melting of the last great ice sheets in redistributing ice and water over the Earth's surface. This