The age of the karangatian (late pleistocene) transgression of the black sea
Year: 2019

The Karangatian transgression is a significant milestone in the Pleistocene history of the Black Sea. It was a large interglacial transgression reaching 6-7 m above the modem levei and the highest salinity during the Pleistocene. At present absolute age of the event is debatable and there is no consensus among the researchers. The paper presents new dating results obtained by the optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) of the Karangatian deposits represented in the Eltigen stratotype section on