@article{article_121956, title={New shallow seismic data from the southwestern Black Sea shelf; implications for recent sea-level fluctuations}, journal={Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment}, volume={10}, year={2004}, author={Alpar, Bedri and Gainanov, Valeri}, keywords={Key words: Black Sea, seismic stratigraphy, sea-level changes}, abstract={AbstractShallow seismic profiles are used to image the stratigraphic seHing in the southwestern Black Sea. Two unconformable main seismic units were detected in the sediments, which carry the effects of a major sea-level fall. The upper unit shows transgressive systems track deposits on an erosional unconfonnity. This marked surface extends ubiquitously all over the shelf, -100 to -110 ill below the present sea level,. and indicating the lowstand of sea level before the latest rise in the Black Sea (1O-9 ka BP). The lower unit consists of two different formations; locally folded-faulted acoustically reflective strata and stacked prograded delta successions The latter is divided into at least 4 distinct sub-units in a form of stacked delta successions deposited on the transgressed shelves of the Black Sea, which carry the effects of many minor short-lived sea¬level variations.}, number={1}, publisher={Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı}