Ponto-Caspian basins development during MIS 5

Abstract

The aim of this paper is reconstruction and correlation of events within the Ponto-Caspian basin system, and the response of the systems to the global climatic changes during the MIS 5 epoch. The Pontian and Caspian basins belonged to different types of the water basins, and evolved differently in the Pleistocene responding in different ways to the climate changes. The study is based on the analysis and integration of the drilling material and data published by numerous investigators of the region who have been working on the paleogeography of the Ponto-Caspian region in the Late Pleistocene.