Late glacial to Holocene sea-level changes in the Sea of Marmara: new evidence from high-resolution seismics and core studies |
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| Authors: | K??r?ad Kadir Eri? M N ?a?atay Sena Ak?er Luca Gasperini Yosi Mart |
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| Institution: | (1) Geology Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey;(2) ISMAR-CNR Bologna, Institute of Marine Geology, Bologna, 40129, Italy;(3) Recanati Institute for Marine Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel |
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| Abstract: | The late glacial to Holocene sedimentary record of the northern shelf of the Sea of Marmara (SoM) has been documented by detailed
seismo-, chrono-, and biostratigraphic analyses using sub-bottom (Chirp) profiles and sediment cores. During MIS 3 and the
main part of MIS 2 (60–15 14C ka b.p.), disconnection from the Mediterranean and Black seas together with a dry climate resulted in a regression in the SoM, when
the Sea was transformed into a brackish lake. The river incisions below 105 m water depth along the northern shelf took place
during the last glacial maximum, when the lake level was modulated by stillstands at −98 and −93 m. The post-glacial freshwater
transgressive stage of the Marmara ‘Lake’ occurred between 15 and 13.5 14C ka b.p., leading to a rise in water level to −85 m by 13.0 14C ka b.p., as evidenced by broad wave-cut terraces along the northern shelf. Since 12 14C ka b.p., high-frequency sea-level fluctuations have been identified at the SoM entrance to the Strait of İstanbul (SoI). Thus, wave-cut
terraces have been recorded at water depths of −76 and −71 m that, according to an age model for core MD04-2750, have ages
of 11.5 and 10.5 14C ka b.p., respectively. Ancient shoreline at −65 m along the northern shelf presumably formed soon after the Younger Dryas (YD) at
ca. 10.1 14C ka b.p. Moreover, there is compelling evidence of Holocene outflow from the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea. At the SoM entrance
to the SoI, the existence of bioherms on the reflector surface together with abundant Brizalina spathulata and Protoglobulimina pupoides in a core suggests a return to higher salinities due to strong Mediterranean water incursion into the SoM at ∼8.8 14C ka b.p. This finding is consistent with earlier suggestions that, after the YD, the Black Sea was flooded by outflow from the SoM
as a result of global sea-level rise. |
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