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  Black Sea Holocene Sediment Geochemical Data
    Black Sea   GC01
Latitude : 41.89°N 41° 53’ Elevation : -549 m
Longitude : 28.82°E 28° 49’
Age : 9000 ±100 BP    
Description : "The first influx of Mediterranean water into the Black Sea lake occurred about 7700 calendar years ago (cal. yr; 7.7 cal ka) (Jones and Gagnon, 1994; Arthur and Dean, 1998). Therefore, most of the Quaternary sediments on the bottom of the Black Sea are lacustrine."
Type : General data General data
Reported in : Geochemical Characteristics of Holocene Laminated Sapropel (Unit II) and Underlying Lacustrine Unit III in the Black Sea, Walter E. Dean and Michael A. Arthur
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1323/ 		 
 
Source : PALEOCEANOGRAPHY Black Sea Holocene Sediment Geochemical Data
Posted : 2011-07-18 17:32:29 2011-07-18 17:57:48
Contact : Walter E. Dean, U.S. Geological Survey
 
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