Coastal geoarchaeology of Kerkinitis (Northwestern Crimea)
Journal: Méditerranée
Year: 2016

The coastal landscape in of northwestern Crimea is characterized by numerous salt lakes (locally called limans) separated from the sea by sand barriers. The formation of the lakes was mostly induced by inundation of the lower reaches of fluvial valleys and trough-like kettle holes during the transgression of the Black Sea basin. Lake Sasyk-Sivash formed due to the simultaneous inundation of the coastal area and several radiating ravines (locally called balkas). The lake was possibly not complete