The Holocene Black Sea reconnection to the Mediterranean Sea: New insights from the northeastern Caucasian shelf

Postglacial floodings of the Marmara Sea: molluscs and sediments tell the story

“…18 psu (Nevesskaja 1965(Nevesskaja , 1974Ivanova et al 2015). Nucula nucleus is known from 5-170 m and Papillicardium papillosum from 30-150 m water depths in the Black Sea (Nevesskaja 1965).…”

Late Pleistocene to Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in the NW Black Sea

“…), by Ivanova et al . () from core Ak‐2575 (NE Black Sea; Fig. ) and recent fauna of Caspian type found by Opreanu () in the Romanian shelf.…”

“…() and cores AK‐521 and AK‐2575 (red circles) studied by Ivanova et al . (, ) and Zenina et al . ().…”

“…Ivanova et al . () reported between 8800 and 6700 a BP a mixed Caspian and Mediterranean ostracod assemblage that points to sustained co‐habitation, reflecting a gradual increase in bottom water salinity from 7 to 18‰. From 6800 a BP the ostracod faunas become dominated by Mediterranean taxa (Zenina et al ., ).…”

“…The hydrological evolution of the Black Sea is well reflected in ostracod assemblages. Numerous microfaunal studies providing new insights into past environmental conditions during the Late Pleistocene–Holocene have been published (Hiscott et al ., ; Ivanova et al ., , , ; Yanko‐Hombach, ; Opreanu, ; Boomer et al ., ; Briceag et al ., , , ; Zenina et al ., ). Zenina et al .…”