Main epochs of Cenozoic relief evolution in the Azov-Black Sea region

Abstract

Progressive development of relief within the studied region has been complicated by several cycles of dissection - planation during Cenozoic. The following cycles were distinguished: Paleocene-Eocene, Oligocene-Miocene, Late Miocene (Meotis)-Middle Pliocene and Late Pliocene-Quaternary. Recent regime of development has set in at the Postsarmatian time, during this period the main features of relief existing were formed.