Provenance areas of the Kerch-Taman trough in the pliocene and pleistocene
Journal: Moscow University Geology Bulletin
Year: 2013

According to their structural and mineralogical features, Akchagilian sandy deposits of the Kerch-Taman trough are similar to deposits from the Don River, while Karangatian sandy deposits are similar to alluvial deposits from the Kuban River. Two associations of heavy minerals, which indicate the predominant provenance of debris from southern areas of the Russian Platform and Greater Caucasus, were identified. It is proposed that the Kerch-Taman trough was filled mainly by terrigenous material f