THE LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA

P. A. Kaplin; A. V. Porotov

doi:10.15356/0435-4281-2012-4-64-72

THE LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA

P. A. Kaplin, A. V. Porotov

https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2012-4-64-72

Abstract

The morpho-sedimentary structure of the Late Holocene coastal marine terraces on the north-eastern coast of the Black Sea display the traces of rhythmic pattern which are reflected in the intercalated peat among the liman silty clay and in several generations of beach ridges. These sea level indicators mark both the transgressive and regressive phases of general transgression during the last 5000 y. The irregularity in transgressions and coastal development are regarded as the result of short-term climate fluctuation that determined not only the rate of sea level rise but the change of sediment supply and storm frequency, which governed the drastic variation of sediment budget in coastal zone. The rhythmical pattern in coastal evolution on the Black Sea littoral correlated with millennium scale climate change in Northern Hemisphere that have been reflected in various types of relief changes in the Mediterranean and North-Atlantic coasts of Europe.

Keywords

late Holocene, the Black Sea, marine terraces, beach landform

About the Authors

P. A. Kaplin

Moscow State University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Geographical Department

A. V. Porotov

Moscow State University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Geographical Department

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Kaplin P.A., Porotov A.V. THE LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE AND COASTAL EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA. Geomorfologiya. 2012;(4):64-72. https://doi.org/10.15356/0435-4281-2012-4-64-72