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Last-interglacial records from central Asia to the northern Black Sea shoreline: stratigraphy and correlation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

A.E. Dodonov ,
A.L. Tchepalyga ,
C.D. Mihailescu ,
L.P. Zhou ,
A.K. Markova ,
V.M. Trubikhin ,
A.N. Simakova  and
E.G. Konikov
A.E. Dodonov*
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky 7, MOSCOW 109017, Russia
A.L. Tchepalyga
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetnyi 29, MOSCOW 109017, Russia
C.D. Mihailescu
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Moldavian Academy of Sciences, Academia Street 3, KISHINEV 2028, Moldova
L.P. Zhou
Affiliation:
The Godwin Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2 3SA, United Kingdom
A.K. Markova
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetnyi 29, MOSCOW 109017, Russia
V.M. Trubikhin
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky 7, MOSCOW 109017, Russia
A.N. Simakova
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky 7, MOSCOW 109017, Russia
E.G. Konikov
Affiliation:
Geological Department, Odessa University, Shampanskiy 2, ODESSA, Ukraine
*
1Corresponding author

Abstract

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The records of the last interglacial in several palaeogeographical zones and various sedimentary environments from Central Asia to the Black Sea shoreline are presented. The last interglacial is characterized in the study areas by a two- or three-unit stratigraphical complex with both terrestrial and marine formations. Finds of significant small mammalian remains, together with a characteristic mollusc fauna in the Karangatian marine sediments, provide key levels for biostratigraphical correlation between the marine and continental deposits. New U/Th dates allow the correlation of the Karangatian transgression with δ18O substage 5e.

Keywords

last interglacialloessmarine transgressionmollusc faunapalaeosolstratigraphy
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 79 , Issue 2-3 , August 2000 , pp. 303 - 311
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2000

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