Late Miocene intensification of continentality in the Black Sea region

Severe late Miocene droughts affected western Eurasia

“…The only available record in Paratethys, partially overlapping in time with Panagia section, is the DSDP 42B 380 core from central Black Sea (Vasiliev et al, 2020). The interval from the DSDP tentatively correlated to 10 to 8 Ma (Vasiliev et al, 2020) shows values that are slightly lower (14°C) than those recorded in Panagia (17°C) specifically for the interval from 9.64 to 7.65 Ma.…”

“…The only available record in Paratethys, partially overlapping in time with Panagia section, is the DSDP 42B 380 core from central Black Sea (Vasiliev et al, 2020). The interval from the DSDP tentatively correlated to 10 to 8 Ma (Vasiliev et al, 2020) shows values that are slightly lower (14°C) than those recorded in Panagia (17°C) specifically for the interval from 9.64 to 7.65 Ma. In the vicinity of the Black Sea, paleobotanical data using coexistence approach estimate similar MAT values of 13.3-17°C for the Serravallian-Tortonian for sites in Bulgaria and the Ukrainian Carpathians, while lower values of 9-10°C are depicted for the Ukrainian Plains sites (Ivanov et al, 2011;Syabryaj et al, 2007).…”

Biomarkers reveal two paramount Pliocene-Pleistocene connectivity events in the Caspian Sea Basin

“…The MAT' estimates vary around an average of ~17.3 °C (displaying a large variation of ±6) for the Productive Series and are typically higher compared to the average present-day values of 14 °C for the western coast of the Caspian Sea at the current location of Lokbatan. are to be considered with caution under the assumption that large changes are expected for the ~1.7 Myr studied interval (e.g., Vasiliev et al, 2020).…”