ORIGIN OF THE CRIMEA AND BLACK SEA.

Abstract

It is generally assumed that the Crimean mountains represent the remnants of a large mountain structure-anticlinorium, similar to the Caucasus Mountains, destroyed during the formation of the Black Sea basin. Many geologists considered the Black Sea to be an area where the larger part of the Crimean anticlinorium was buried. Therefore they tried to find in the relief of the sea bottom traces of sunken mountains. However, such research provided no positive data, while recent geological works with the use of more and more perfect methods of rock analysis, detailed survey and abyssal boring, together with high level geophysical investigations discovered many structural details of Crimea and the Black Sea bottom, which cast a new light upon objects and facts which were considered to be already well known.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655706

Entities

People

  • S. A. Kovalevskii

Organizations

  • Aeronautical Chart and Information Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Black Sea
  • Landforms
  • Mountains

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Seismology