LATEGLACIAL AND HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL CHANGES IN SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS OF NORTH EURASIA: EXAMPLES FROM THE CONTRASTING BLACK AND WHITE SEAS

Abstract

A comparison of the Black and White Seas, which differ in their tectonic, glacial and climatic history but which share a strong dependence upon limited water exchange with the world ocean, represents an opportunity for the identification of major factors controlling sea level changes during the Lateglacial and Holocene and for the correlation of these changes. Existing data were critically analyzed and compared with the results of geological, geomorphological and palaeohydrological studies obtained by the present authors during the past two decades.