Annual Report* of IGCP Project No. · 2017-12-04 · Form V Annual IGCP report 4 details). Social benefits: implementing cultural heritage projects, open-air site museums, training

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Annual IGCP report 1

Annual Report* of IGCP Project No.____

*NOTE: MAXIMUM LENGTH OF THE TEXT REPORT IS 5 (FIVE) PAGES (starting from question 1). SINGLE SPACE, 12 POINT FONT. REPORTS EXCEEDING THIS LENGTH WILL BE RETURNED TO THE AUTHOR(S) WITH THE REQUEST OF REDUCING THE TEXT TO THE ABOVE STANDARD. A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS HAS TO BE ADDED AS AN ANNEX. *REMINDER: IF THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF YOUR PROJECT, PLEASE SUBMIT A REVIEW ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT TO THE IUGS JOURNAL ‘EPISODES’. The scientific information in this report will further be used for publication on the IGCP website hosted at UNESCO (please feel free to attach any additional information you may consider relevant to the assessment of your project). IGCP project short title: IGCP project short title: “From the Caspian to Mediterranean: Environmental Change and Human Response during the Quaternary” Duration: 2013-2017 Please tick this box if the report is for a Project on extended term (OET): Project leader(s):

Prof. Dr. Valentina YANKO-HOMBACH Avalon Institute of Applied Science 976 Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3E 1B4, Canada Tel.: +1 (204) 489-4569 Fax: +1 (204) 489-5782 Email: [email protected] I.I. Mechnikov National University Department of Physical and Marine Geology 2 Dvoryanskaya Str., Odessa 65082, Ukraine Tel.: +38 (048)63-33-17 Email: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Tamara YANINA Moscow State University 1 Leninskiye Gory Str. Moscow, 119992, Russia Tel.: +7(495)939-21-52 Fax: +7(495)932-88-36 Email: [email protected]

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Prof. Dr. Nikolay PANIN National Institute of R&D for Marine Geology and Geo-ecology – GeoEcoMar 2325 Dimitrie Onciul Str., Bucharest RO-024053, Romania Tel/Fax: +40 (21) 252-2594 Email: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Mehmet Celal ÖZDOĞAN Department of Archaeology Istanbul University, Istanbul 34132, Turkey Tel. +90 532 4769526 Email: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Olena SMYNTYNA Department of Archaeology and Ethnology I.I. Mechnikov National University 2 Dvoryanskaya Street, Odessa 65082, Ukraine Tel. +38-067-7863247 Email: [email protected] Project Secretary: Dr. Irena MOTNENKO Avalon Institute of Applied Science 976 Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3E 1B4, Canada Tel.: +1 (204) 489-4569 Fax: +1 (204) 489-5782 Email: [email protected] Date of submission of report: 30/11/2017 Signature of project leader(s):

Signature:

Prof. Dr. Valentina YANKO-HOMBACH

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Prof. Dr. Tamara YANINA

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Prof. Dr. Nicolae PANIN

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Prof. Dr. Mehmet Celal ÖZDOĞAN

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Prof. Dr. Olena SMYNTYNA

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1. Website address(es) related to the project http://www.avalon-institute.org/IGCP610/index.php http://www.geogr.msu.ru/science/projects/unesco/ http://www.geoecomar.ro/website/proiecte.html https://www.facebook.com/groups/180481035443572/ http://vk.com/album115218532_181815723 http://www.geoecomar.ro http://www.geogr.msu.ru/science/projects/unesco/ http://www.geogr.msu.ru/structure/labs/notl/

2. Summary of major past achievements of the project Five years of IGCP 610 activity have been carried out in strict agreement with the Working Plan [http://www.avalon-institute.org/IGCP610/work_plan.php]. The following achievements have been obtained: (1) In-depth study of the Quaternary stratotypes, archaeological monuments, and anthropological remains in countries surrounding the CORRIDORS; (2) The Reference List of main publications, a majority of which are published in Russian—their titles required transliteration and translation into English; (3) A data set on chronometric data, correlating the regional geochronological scales and establishing a general geochronological framework for correlating major events in human prehistory and history with global environmental changes; (4) The reference collection of Mediterranean, Caspian, and Black Sea foraminifera (supplemented by SEM images) as well as the Ponto-Caspian molluscs, palynomorphs, NPP, artefacts, and anthropological records; (6) Series of regional paleogeographic, tectonic, and geological maps; (7) Mathematical models for (a) the filling of the Black Sea basin by Mediterranean salt water during the Holocene, (b) the degradation of the Paratethys into the Caspian and Black Sea, and (c) the evolution of the Akchagylian Sea area and coastline; (8) The 1st, 2nd, 3d, 4th, 5th (together with INQUA POCAS) Plenary Conference and Field Trips in Georgia (2013, 2016), Azerbaijan (2014), Russia (2015), and Italy (2017), respectively; (9) The field work in various areas of the “CORRIDORS” enabled the collection of several hundred samples analyzed in different laboratories by various techniques. Without IGCP 610, no access and sampling of those geological sequences and artifacts would have been possible. (10) Summer schools for young researchers in Kalmykia (2014), in the Danube Delta on-board the floating laboratory boat “Halmyris” (2013-2017), and Turkmenistan (2015-2017); (11) Winter youth expedition–field school in the Manych depression (2016, 2017); (12) Workshops in Sozopol (2013), Moscow (2014, 2015, 2016), Kirklareli (2014), and Ahtopol (2014). (13) Presentations of IGCP 610 activities during special sessions of large international fora: “Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes” (Szczecin, Poland, 2013), “Recent Problems on Lithology of Sedimentary Basins of Ukraine and Adjacent Territories” (Kiev, Ukraine, 2014), the Markov Readings “Actual problems of the Pleistocene palaeogeography and stratigraphy” (Moscow, Russia, 2015), SPLASHCOS Conference “Lost and future worlds: marine palaeolandscapes and the historic impact of long-term climate change” (UK, 2017), and XXII International Scientific School on Geology of the seas and oceans (Moscow, Russia, 2017); (14) IGCP 610 sessions at STRATI 2015 (Graz, Austria, 2015), GSA 2015 (Baltimore, USA, 2015); EGU General Assembly (Vienna, Austria, 2016); 35th International Geological Congress (Cape Town, South Africa, 2016); PAGES 5 (Zaragoza, Spain, 2017). (15) Publications of Project results in special issues of the international scientific journals, e.g., Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-Gas Basins (2014) and Quaternary International (2017) as well as peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings (Tbilisi 2013, 183 pages), Baku (186 pages), Astrakhan (207 pages), Tbilisi 2016, 218 pages), Palermo (239 pages), and Field Trip Guides of the respective conferences. (16) Disseminating the project events and activities via regular updating Project’ websites, mailing list (about 1500 e-mail addresses), and social networks (Facebook and Вконтакте); (17) Collaboration with international projects (see 3.7 for more

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details). Social benefits: implementing cultural heritage projects, open-air site museums, training centers for conducting experimental research, working together with local Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations; enhancing understanding of the links between environmental change and human adaptive strategies, promoting the wise use of the Earth as a human habitat, and preserving human heritage by addressing and clarifying existing questions about interlinks between human adaptive strategies and environmental changes. Obtained multidisciplinary data enabled to reach the goal of the IGCP 610, namely to provide cross-disciplinary and cross-regional correlation of geological, archaeological, environmental, and anthropological records in order to (a) explore interrelationships between environmental change and human adaptation during the Quaternary, (b) create a networking and capacity-building structure to develop new interdisciplinary research initiatives, and (c) provide guidance to heritage professionals, policy makers, and the wider public on the relevance of studying the “CORRIDOR” for a deeper understanding of Eurasian history, environmental changes and their relevance, and likely future impact on humans.

3. Achievements of the project this year only

3.1. General scientific achievements: (1) The field work in the Caspian Sea region (Supervisor Prof. Yanina) was carried out at the key geological sections in the Middle, Lower Volga, Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. Together with large number of 14C, U/Th, OSL, and dendrochronological new data this enabled to correlate late Pleistocene transgressive-regressive sea level fluctuation with glacial-interglacial cycles on the Russian Plain. The study of boreholes recovered in the Northern Caspian Sea enabling the reconstruction of the basin development in Holocene. (2) The field work in the Eastern Manych valley (Supervisor Dr. R. Kurbanov) enabled to study of the late Pleistocene. (3) The field study of the northern and eastern coast of the Sea of Azov, and the Kerch Peninsula (Supervisor Prof. Yanina) with particular attention of the Eltigen (MIS 5) parastratotype (with new OSL datings) enabled to correlate climate, sea level changes, and human adaprive strategies in the region. All data obtained in the regions above are stored and primary processed at the laboratories of the Moscow State University (Russia). (4) The field work in the Western Black Sea (Supervisor Prof. Panin) provided continuation of geological and geophysical mapping of the continental shelf with release of new sedimentological map (1:50,000 and sediment structure (with help of sub-bottom profiling and 2D seismic equipment); investigation of bio-gases and gas-hydrates zones (by seismics and coring); study of artificially fed beaches (lithology, mineralogy, etc.); as well continuous implementation of the “Black Sea Security System – an Early warning system to marine geohazards” enabling to trace environmental state and dynamics of water masses and sediments. The data obtained are stored in the national centres in Constanta (Romania), and Varna (Bulgaria). (5) The field work in the North-Western Black Sea region enabled to study the human response to climate changes for better understanding of the human occupation history in the region during the Stone Age, paleometal epoch and early medieval period (Supervisor Prof. Smyntyna). (6) In the Mediterranean region (Supervisor Prof. Caruso) the number of GSSP (e.g., Messinian-Zanclean, Punta Piccola - Zanclean/Piacenzian, Gelasian) and other key outcrops (e.g., Capo Rossello; Punta di Maiata, Monte San Nicola, etc.) were studied along with observation of the UNESCO heritage Agrigento Valle dei Templi as well as a series of important Doric temples of the Greek period. (7) The Reference Collections of microfauna (foraminifera, ostracoda) (Supervisors Prof. Yanko-Hombach and Prof. Caruso), palynomorphs and NPP (Supervisor Prof. Mudie), molluscs (Supervisor Prof. Yanina) from the stratotypes and key geological sections of different parts of the Corridors were established. (8) The reference collections of artefacts (Supervisor Prof. Smyntyna) and anthropological records (Supervisors Profs. Vasilyev and Borutskaya) for defining the main regularities in spatial distribution of prehistoric sites and

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their inhabitants were established. All records listed in 1-8 are stored in respective universities and institutes to which supervisors of the collections are affiliated. 3.2. List of IGCP project meetings/symposia and IGCP related meetings/symposia with exact attendance (if possible) and number of countries: (1) Joint Plenary Conference and Field Trip of IGCP 610 and INQUA IFG POCAS, Palermo, Italy, 1-9 October 2017. (2) All-Russian conference “Questions of geomorphology and paleogeography of the sea coasts and shelf. P.A.Kaplin’s memories. M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, February 2-3, 2017. Special IGCP 610 session at the (3) EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, April 23-28, 2017; (4) PAGES V Open Science Meeting, Zaragoza, Spain, May 9-13, 2017; (5) All-Russian conference “Actual problems of the modern palynology”, Moscow, Russia, June 5-8, 2017; (6) International Youth School-Conference "Where East meets West: Pontocaspia, the historical dimension of the evolution of a unique biodiversity", Azov, Astrakhan, Russia, August 21 - September 3, 2017. (7) All-Russian meeting "Fundamental problems of the Quaternary: Results of studying and main directions of further researches", Moscow, Russia, September 25-29, 2017. (9) XXII International Scientific Conference (School) on Geology of the Seas and Oceans, Moscow, Russia, November 20-24, 2017. (10) Lost and Future Worlds: Marine Palaeolandscapes and the Historic Impact of Long-Term Climate Change (the Royal Society, UK, May 15-16, 2017. It is difficult to calculate the number of scientists and countries involved. We assume about 150 scientists at least from 15 countries were involved 3.3. Educational, training or capacity building activities related to the IGCP project and IGCP project participants: (1) School-seminar for young researchers "Methods of deltaic systems study in the South of Russia", Moscow State University, March 2017 and (2) Youth field school to study the Lower Volga Pleistocene outcrops, Astrakhan, August 2017 attended by 32 young scientists. (3) Youth involvement in the implementation of plans occurred at all stages of work – from field research and obtaining field materials for analytical processing to discussion of results and participation in the writing of papers and preparation of presentations. Obtained materials were used by students from Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia (Shtyrkova, E., Garova, E., Tyunin, N., Semikolennykh, D., Yarovaya, S., Tkach, N., Sychev, N., Mudryk, I., Kondariuk, T., Demchenko, O., Gogoladze, S., and Bobrova, Yu.) for their BSc, MSc, and PhD projects. (4) Training sessions for the “Black Sea Security System - an early warning system for marine geohazards” for Romanian and Bulgarian students organized in the GeoEcoMar’s Constanta Branch. (5) Summer schools for international students and young researchers in the Danube Delta on-board the floating laboratory boat “Halmyris” were also organized. 3.4. List of countries involved in the project (please indicate the countries active this year*: Azerbaijan*, Belgium, Bulgaria*, Canada*, China*, Georgia*, Germany*, Greece*, Denmark*, France, Israel, Italy*, Kazakhstan*, Latvia*, Romania*, Russia*, The Netherlands*, Sweden*, Switzerland, Turkey*, Turkmenistan*, UK*, Ukraine*, and USA*.

3.5. Participation of scientists from developing countries Number of scientists

Total Male Female Participating scientists 250 130 120Young scientists/students (<35 years old) 76 39 37Scientists from developing countries 210 120 90

Geographically, IGCP 610 project is carried out largely in developing countries, and therefore, the participation of scientists from those countries, especially young and female researchers who are full of energy and the desire to learn from older experienced colleagues, is crucially beneficial for its success. 3.6. List of the 5 most important publications (including maps) of this year a) could not have been published were if not for this project: (1) Yanko-Hombach, V. (also Yanko, V.). 2017. Editorial to IGCP 610 Special Volume of Quaternary International. In Press.

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(2) Yanko-Hombach, V. (also Yanko, V.)., Kislov, A. 2017. Late Pleistocene e Holocene sea-level dynamics in the Caspian and Black Seas: Data synthesis and Paradoxical interpretations. Quaternary International, in press. (3) Richards K., Mudie P., Rochon A. et al. 2017. Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the Emba delta, Kazakhstan, and coastline of the north-eastern Caspian Sea: Sediment, ostracods, pollen and dinoflagellate cyst records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468: 427–452. (4) Yanina T., Sorokin V., Bezrodnykh Yu., Romanyuk B. 2017. Late Pleistocene climatic events reflected in the Caspian Sea geological history (based on drilling data). Quaternary International, in press). (5) Yanina, T. 2014. The Ponto-Caspian region: Environmental consequences of climate change during the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary International 345:88-99. b) related to this project: Yanko-Hombach, V., Schnyukov, E., Pasynkov, A. et al. 2017. Late Pleistocene-Holocene Environmental Factors Defining the Azov-Black Sea Basin, and the Identification of Potential Sample Areas for Seabed Prehistoric Site Prospecting and Landscape Exploration on the Black Sea Continental Shelf. In Flemming F et al. (eds) Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf: Quaternary Paleoenvironments. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 431-478. c) did you publish in Episodes? The paper for Episodes is in preparation and will be submitted at the beginning of 2018.. Selected bibliography of this year (Annex 1).

3.7. Activities involving other IGCP projects, UNESCO programmes, IUGS Commissions or Task Groups or others: 1. The IFC (International Focus Group) POCAS created within the INQUA SACCOM for the years 2017-2020. 2. The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region within of which the Romanian partner leads the project “Danube International Centre for Advanced Studies in the River – Sea systems: a Pan-European Distributed Research Infrastructure (DANUBIUS - RI)”. The project was accepted on the updated ESFRI roadmap for 2016 and was granted the preparatory phase project by the European Commission. The IGCP projects will benefit from the opportunities offered by this Centre. 3. Uncovering the Mediterranean salt giant (MEDSALT) COST Action CA15103. 3.8. Scientific Legacy: We plan to upload a series of presentations, publications, and films related to IGCP 610 at the main project website. The field data (e.g., field diaries, samples, maps, etc.) and various collections are stored at different organizations (see 3.1 for more details) are available for study by IGCP 610 participants. 3.9. What tangible improvements has your project obtained? IGCP 610 activity has encouraged East-West dialogue by integrating eastern and western scientists into an international R&D community through scientific collaboration, workshops, and annual meetings. 3.10. What kinds of activities in respect to the benefit of society and science outreach has your project undertaken? Implementing cultural heritage projects, open-air site museums, training centers for school children with possibility of conducting experimental research; working together with local Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations across the “Corridors”. 3.11. What kind of public information (media reports, etc.) has your project generated? And how do you evaluate their impact? Websites, social networks, public lectures, media presentations, films. 3.12. Project highlight: Svitoch A. A. 2014. The Great Caspian: the structure and history of development. Moscow University: Moscow. 272 pages ISBN: 978 -5-19-010904-7. (In Russian). Yanina, T. 2014. The Ponto-Caspian region: Environmental consequences of climate change during the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary International 345:88-99. 4. Activities planned

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4.1. General goals: (1) To maximize IGCP 610 exposure via diffusion of results in key international journals, Project’ websites and social networks (e.g., Facebook) to ensure wide accessibility and increased interactive potential for participants and other parties; (2) To consolidate scientific achievements for the developing a future strategy; (3) To prepare research proposals for the funding agency; (4) To publish IGCP 610 Special Issue of QI; and (6) To publish the paper in Epizodes devoted to the achievements of IGCP 610. 4.2. Tentative list of specific meetings and field trips (please list the participating countries): (1) IGCP 610-INQUA POCAS Second Joint Plenary Conference and Field Trip in Istanbul, Turkey, planned for September 30-October 7, 2018, will be devoted to an influence of tectonics on coastal areas and its contribution to sea level changes in the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea regions during Quaternary. (2) LoessFest. Volgograd, Russia, September, 20-28, 2018 (together with INQUA POCAS project). (3) LXIV session of Paleontologic Society "Fundamental and Applied Paleontology", April 2-6, 2018, St. Petersburg. (4) The international conference to the 100 anniversary of Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Practical geography and calls of the XXI century", June 4-6, 2018, Moscow. (5) Lomonosov Readings. Moscow, MSU, April 20-23, 2018. (6) EGU, Vienna. April, 2018. (7) International conference “Understanding the problems of inland waters: Case study for the Caspian basin (UPCB)”, 12-14 May 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan. Participating countries: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Denmark, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, Russia, The Netherlands, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UK, Ukraine, USA. 5. Project funding requested

6. Request for extension: We request one year of project extension (if possible with some funding) to summarize our activities in a series of selected papers in IGCP 610 Special Issue of QI and in Epizodes as well as organising meetings mentioned in the Paragraph 4.2 and preparing the proposals for funding – all based on IGCP 610 achievements. 7. Financial statement ($ USD only) In 2017, we obtained 5500 USD from IGCP. The funds were used largely to cover registration fees, airfare and accommodation for young researchers, students, and key-scientists from developing countries (see Financial Report). 8. What additional funding besides the IGCP seed funding has your project obtained thanks to the IGCP label? In the year 2017, additional funding that the IGCP 610 project obtained thanks to the IGCP label include: 5000 USD from the Avalon Institute of Applied Sciences, Canada; 3500 USD from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR); 5500 $ USD from the Russian Scientific Found (RSF); 3500 $ USD from the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science; 2000 from University of Palermo; 3500 $ USD (RFBR) for IGCP 610 Russian scientists to attend the PAGES 5 Open Science Meeting, Zaragoza, Spain; 1500 $ USD for the IGCP 610 Special Session at the EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria; 1000 USD from the Paleontological Society to run the conference in Palermo; 500 Euro from PAGES 5 to contribute to participation of PhD student from Ukraine. In total 26100 USD. The funds were used to cover research, participation in the meetings, summer and winter schools, printing of the Proceedings and Trip Guide, airfare, and accommodation. 9. Did all project leaders and participants inform their respective IGCP/IUGS National Committees? Yes. They did. 10. Attach any information you may consider relevant: no space Attachments (check the box if document is attached or included): Financial statement x Meeting report(s) x Publication list x Other

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Annex 1. Publication list

1. Badyukova, E. 2017. Genesis of the Baery knolls developed in the North Caspian plain. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216301562

2. Bezrodnykh Yu., Romanyuk B., Sorokin V., Yanina T. 2017. First data on the radiocarbon age of the Atelian deposits in the North Caspian region. Doklady Earth Sciences: 473(1): 277–280. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X17030217

3. Bolikhovskaya N.S., Porotov А.V., Richards K., Kaitamba M.D., Faustov S.S., Korotaev V.N. 2017. Detailed reconstructions of Holocene climate and environment changes in the Taman peninsula (Kuban river delta region) and their correlation with rapid sea-level fluctuations of the Black Sea. Quaternary International. DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.013

4. Büyükmeriç, Y., Wesselingh, F.P. 2017. New cockles (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Lymnocardiinae) from Late Pleistocene Lake Karapınar (Turkey): Discovery of a Pontocaspian refuge? Quaternary International. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215302561

5. Cosentino, C., Molisso, F., Scopelliti, G., Caruso, A., Insinga, D.D., Lubritto, C., Pepe a, F., Sacchi, M. 2017. Benthic foraminifera as indicators of relative sea-level fluctuations: Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstruction of a Holocene marine succession (Calabria, south-eastern Tyrrhenian Sea). Quaternary International 439: 79-101.

6. Esin, N.V., Murdmaa, O., Esin, N.I., Evsyukovm D. 2017. Dynamics of slow suspension flows on the Black Sea abyssal plain. . Quaternary International. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216302609

7. Esin, N.V., Yanko-Hombach, V. (also Yanko, V.), Esin, N.I. Evolutionary mechanisms of the Paratethys Sea and its separation into the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Quaternary International. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.06.019

8. Ferguson S., Warny S., Escarguel G., Mudie P.J. MIS 5−1 dinoflagellate cyst analyses and morphometric evaluation of Galeacysta etrusca and Spiniferites cruciformis in southwestern Black Sea Quaternary International. In Press.

9. Hera, C., Panin, N, et al. 2017. Proiectul european al Dunãrii/Strategia nationalã a Dunãrii. In: Ionel-Valentin Vlad, coord.- Strategia de dezvoltare a României în urmãtorii 20 de ani, Sumar Executiv, p.67-72, Ed. Academiei Române, Bucuresti.

10. Kadurin, S., Yanko-Hombach, V., Smyntyna, O. In search of submerged late Paleolithic sites on the Northwestern Black Sea shelf. Submitted.

11. Kirillova I., Levchenko V., Ippolitov A., Pokrovsky B., Shishlina N., Yanina T. 2017. The origin of objects of invertebrate descent from the Khvalynsk Eneolithic cemeteries (Northern Caspian region). Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.037

12. Kislov, A. 2017. On the interpretation of century-millennium-scale level variations of the Black Sea during the first quarter of the Holocene. Quaternary International. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216301471

13. Konstantinov, E.A., Velichko, A.A., Kurbanov, R.N., Zakharov, A.L. 2017. Middle to Late Pleistocene topography evolution of the North-Eastern Azov region. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215302469

14. Laermann, H., Kelterbaum, D., Matthias May, S., Elashvili, M., Opitza, S., Hülle, D., Rölkens, J., Verheul, J., Riedesel, S., Brückner, H. 2017. Mid- to Late Holocene landscape changes in the Rioni Delta area (Kolkheti lowlands, W Georgia). Quaternary International http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216302907

15. Munteanu, I., Diviacco, P., Sauli, C., Dinu, C., Burca, M., Panin, N., Brancatelli, G. 2017. New Insights into the Black Sea Basin, in the Light of the Reprocessing of Vintage Regional Seismic Data. In: C.W.Finkl, C. Makowski (eds) - Diversity in Coastal Marine

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Sciences, Coastal Research Library 23, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57577-3_6, p.91-114, Springer International Publ. AG 2018.

16. Özdoğan, M. 2017. Neolithic Assemblages and Spatial Boundaries as Exemplified through the Neolithic of Northwestern Turkey” M. Gori and M. Ivanova (eds.), Balkan Dialogues. Negotiating Identity between Prehistory and the Present: 197-212. Routledge, New York.

17. Özdoğan, M., Aytek, Ö., Azeri, H., Nergiz, Ş., Özdoğan, E., Schwarzberg, H, Yumaklı, H. 2017. “Kırklareli Höyüğü 2015 Yılı Çalışmaları”, Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 38/3: 115-132. (In Turkish).

18. Özdoğan,M. 2017. The Archaeology of Early Farming in Southeastern Turkey. Y, Enzel ve O. Bar-Yosef (eds.) Quaternary of the Levant. Environmenst, Climate Change and Humans. Chapter 80: 723-731, Cambredge University Press.

19. Richards K., Mudie P., Rochon A., Athersuch J., Bolikhovskaya N., Hoogendoorn R., Verlinden V. 2017. Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the Emba delta, Kazakhstan, and coastline of the north-eastern Caspian Sea: Sediment, ostracods, pollen and dinoflagellate cyst records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468: 427–452. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.035

20. Richards K., Mudie P., Rochon A., Athersuch J., Bolikhovskaya N., Hoogendoorn R., Verlinden V. Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the Emba delta, Kazakhstan, and coastline of the north-eastern Caspian Sea: Sediment, ostracods, pollen and dinoflagellate cyst records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2017. Vol. 468. P. 427–452. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.035

21. Sorokin V., Yanina T., Bezrodnykh Yu., Romanyuk B. 2017. Identification and age of submarine Girkanian sediment beds (upper Pleistocene) in the Caspian Sea. Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.08.044

22. Svitoch А. А., Makshaev R.R. 2017. Interrelations of the paleogeographical events in the Pont-Manych-Caspian system during late Pleistocene-Holocene. Vestnik of the Moscow University. Series 5. Geography 2: 24–32. (in Russian).

23. Tkachenko A. N. , Tkachenko O. V. , Lychagin M. Y. , Kasimov N. S. 2017. Heavy metal flows in aquatic systems of the Don and Kuban river deltas. Doklady Earth Sciences 474: 587–590.

24. Vasilyev, S., Amirkhanov, H. 2017. Palaeolithic Caucasus: Paleoanthropological Panorama. Quaternary International. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618217303142

25. Velichko A.A., Borisova O.K, Kononov Y.M., Konstantinov E.A., Kurbanov R.N., Morozova T.D., Panin P.G., Semenov V.V., Tesakov A.S., Timireva S.N., Titov V.V., Frolov P.D. 2017. Reconstruction of late Pleistocene events in the periglacial area in the southern part of the East European plain. Doklady Earth Sciences 475(2): 896–900.

26. Velichko, A.A., Borisova, O.K., Zakharov, A.L., Kononov, Y.M., Konstantinov, E.A., Kurbanov, R.N., Morozova, T.D., Panin, P.G., Timireva, S.V., 2017. Smena landshaftnykh obstanovok na yuge Russkoi ravniny v pozdnem Pleistotsene po rezultatam issledivaniya lessovo-pochvennoy serii Priazovia [Lanscape evolution of the South Russian plain in the Late Pleistocene based on research of the loess-soil series of the Azov Sea region]. Izvestiya RAS, Ser. Geograficheskaya 1: 74–83. (In Russian)

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Attachment 2. The content of the Proceedings of the joint IGCP 810- INQUA POCAS Plenary Conference and Field Trips. Palermo, Italy, October 2017.

PROCEEDINGS

University of Palermo, Department of Marine and

Earth Sciences (DiSTeM), Italy

October 1-9, 2017

IGCP 610 “From the Caspian to Mediterranean: Environmental Change and Human Response during the

Quaternary” 13 17(20 - 20 )

INQUA IFG POCAS “Ponto-Caspian Stratigraphy and Geochronology” (2017-2020)

INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMME

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief Allan GILBERT, Fordham University, U.S.A.

Associated Editor Valentina YANKO-HOMBACH, Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine; Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Canada

Organizers:

University of Palermo

Department of Marine and Earth Sciences (DiSTeM)

Sponsors:

UNESCO

IUGS

IGCP

Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Winnipeg, Canada

University of Palermo

Paleontological Society

Joint Plenary Conference and Field Trip of IGCP 610 and INQUA IFG POCASOctober 1-9, 2017, Palermo, Italy

PROCEEDINGS

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IGCP 610 Fifth Plenary Conference and Field Trip

“From the Caspian to Mediterranean: Environmental Change and Human Response during the Quaternary”

(2013 - 2017)http://www.avalon-institute.org/IGCP610

INQUA IFG POCAS “Ponto-Caspian Stratigraphy and Geochronology“

(2017-2020)

PROCEEDINGS

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ISBN 978-88-940049-1-5

©IGCP 610-INQUA IFG POCAS all rights reservediii

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Cited as: A. Gilbert, and V. Yanko-Hombach (Eds.), 2017. Proceedings of UNESCO - IUGS – IGCP 610 and INQUA IFG POCAS Joint Plenary Conference and Field Trip, October 1-9, 2017, Palermo, Italy. University of Palermo, 258 p. ISBN 978-88-940049-1-5.

Joint Plenary Conference and Field Trip of IGCP 610 and INQUA IFG POCAS Palermo, Italy, 1-9 October 2017

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CONTENTS Organizing and Executive Committee ....................................................................................... v Scientific Committee.................................................................................................................. v International Advisory Committee........................................................................................... vi Editorial Board of Proceedings ................................................................................................. vi Editorial Board of Field Trip Guide.......................................................................................... vi Editorial Board of QI Special Volume...................................................................................... vi Aims and Scope......................................................................................................................... vi Welcome.................................................................................................................................... ix Venue ........................................................................................................................................ ix Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................xii PART I. IGCP 610 progress report (2013-2016) ....................................................................... 1

Yanko-Hombach, V. PART II. PROCEEDINGS ...................................................................................................... 23 Bionomy of the south Caspian basin in the Pliocene-Pleistocene ........................................... 23

Ali-Zadeh, A., and Aliyeva, E. Magnetometric and electrometric investigations in the Salsovia submerged archaeological site.................................................................................................................................................. 28

Anghel, S., and Paraschivoiu, M. Information on the circumstances of paleogeographic formation of the Productive series basin of Eastern Azerbaijan and on the first Pliocene sea level fluctuation ...................................... 32

Amrahov, R.R., Amrahova, Kh.R., and Amrahova, S.A. The role of coastal geomorphology in interpreting the history of the Northern Caspian plain in the Late Pleistocene.................................................................................................................. 34

Badyukova, E.N. Methods and equipment for conducting field research into surface layer characteristics by sounding in the short-wave range of radio waves in order to study environmental change .... 39

Belov, S.Yu., and Belova, I.N. The first experience of dendroclimatological research in the eastern part of the Kazakh Upland (Saryarqa) .................................................................................................................... 45

Berdnikova, A.A., and Dolgova, E.A. The main stages of vegetation and climate evolution in the Kuban River Delta Region during the last 7.4 and their correlation with sea-level fluctuations of the Black Sea ........................ 49

Bolikhovskaya, N.S., and Porotov, A.V. Planktonic foraminiferal as proxies of the Holocene climatic variability (Tyrrhenian, Mediterranean Sea) .................................................................................................................. 53

Bonfardeci, A., Caruso, A., Cosentino, C., and Scopelliti, G. Anthropological characteristics of the adaptation of the Fayoum oasis population (Egypt) in the Greco-Roman period .......................................................................................................... 56

Borutskaya, S.B., Vasilyev, S.V., and Kharlamova, N.V. Late glacial to Holocene Black Sea evolution based on microfaunal and stable oxygen isotope records ...................................................................................................................................... 58


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Briceag, A., Yanchilina, A., Ryan, W.B.F., Stoica, M., and Melinte-Dobrinescu, M.C. Unique marine terrace system of the Crimean and black sea basins: stratigraphy, archaeology, and the oldest oldowan migrations to Europe ......................................................................... 61

Chepalyga, A.L. The role of the Black Sea shelf techno-geological system in the integrated management of rational resource use................................................................................................................. 66

Chepizhko, O.V., Kadurin, V.M., and Kadurin, S.V. Influence of specific natural characteristics of the Dnieper Rapids region on the development of ancient populations

Demchenko, O.V. Monitoring of climate oscillations in the Mediterranean sea over the last two millennia using planktonic foraminifera ............................................................................................................ 77

Dentici, M.P., Lirer, F., Bonomo, S., Bellucci, L., Cascella, A., Caruso, A., Lubritto, C., and Pappone G.

Global geological processes in the Caspian-Mediterranean region during the Miocene-Pleistocene................................................................................................................................ 82

Esin, N.V., Esin, N.I., and Yanko-Hombach, V. Studies on the dynamics of the Black Sea coast and vertical movements of the shelf in the Late Pleistocene-Holocene....................................................................................................... 86

Esin, N.I., Ocherednik, V., and Esin, N.V. Integrating high resolution Mid-Pleistocene sea surface temperature and productivity estimates from alkenone proxies with marine and terrestrial climate signals.......................... 88

Herbert, T.D., Bassinot, F., Bertini, A., Combourieu Nebut, N., Girone, A., Maiorano, P., Marino, M., Nomade, S., and Toti, F.

Tectonics, fluid dynamics and Caspian Sea level change: Geological and environmental aspects ...................................................................................................................................... 90

Huseynov, D. A., Aliyeva, E.H-M., and Kengerli, T.N. Narrow shelf canyons vs. wide shelf canyons in the Black Sea .............................................. 92

Jipa, D.C., and Panin, N. First discoveries of oligocene diatomic flora in the section of Pirakashkul (Shamakhi-Gobustan zone)......................................................................................................................... 94

Kerimova, N.T. Paleoenvironmental reconstructions at the Pleistocene- Holocene boundary in the Black Sea based upon benthic foraminifera .............................................................................................. 98

Kondariuk, T. NeotectonIcs in the Marmara Region, NW Turkey ............................................................... 103

Koral, H., and Emre, H. Wave climate variation in the Black Sea ............................................................................... 106

Kosyan, R.D., and Divinskii, B.V. Geoacoustic and gas geochemical signs of hydrate presence on the continental slope north-east of the Black Sea .............................................................................................................. 106

Kruglyakova, R., and Shevtsova, N. New results on chronology of Late Pleistocene paleogeographical events of Northern Caspian Sea (OSL dating) .................................................................................................................... 113


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Kurbanov, R.N., Murray, A.S., and Yanina, T.A. OSL chronology of the Late Quaternary loess-soil series in the Eastern Azov Sea region ... 115

Kurbanov, R.N., Zhou, L., and Sychev, N.V. Chemical composition of Lower Khvalynian deposits in the Middle and Lower Volga region................................................................................................................................................ 118

Makshaev, R.R. Paleoclimatic reconstruction from marine records of the central and western Mediterranean areas over last five millennia using planktonic foraminifera ................................................. 121

Margaritelli, G., and Lirer, F. The climate record of Marine Isotope Stage 19 from marine and terrestrial signals in the Alboran and Ionian basins...................................................................................................... 124

Marino, M., Bassinot, F., Bertini, A., Combourieu Nebut, N., Girone, A., Herbert, T., Maiorano, P., Nomade, S., and Toti, F.

Small mammal faunas from the Mikulino (=Eemian) marine and liman deposits of the Black Sea .......................................................................................................................................... 126

Markova, A.K. Microforaminiferal linings as a proxy for paleodelta and paleosalinity analysis: Danube Delta example .................................................................................................................................. 130

Mudie, P.J., and Yanko-Hombach, V. New data on the distribution of palynomorphs in surface sediments of the Ukrainian part of the Northwestern Black Sea shelf .......................................................................................... 135

Mudryk, I. Reconstructing vegetation changes and climate from pollen of the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene in the North Caucasus ......................................................................................... 138

Naidina, O.D. Marine geohazards in the Black Sea and their monitoring .................................................... 141

Oaie, G., Seghedi, A., and Rădulescu, V. Evaluation of geologic hazards for the Trans-Caucasus Caspian oil and gas pipelines in the Abul-Samsari volcanic ridge section...................................................................................... 144

Okrostsvaridze, A., Bluashvili, D., Kilasonia, E., and Gogoladze, S. Late Miocene volcanic ash layers of the intermountain depression of the Eastern Caucasus: the products of the megacaldera explosion? .......................................................................... 148

Okrostsvaridze, A., Gagnidze, N., Bobrova, I., and Skhirtladze, I. Hydrogeochemical evolution of limans of the NortHwestern Black Sea region in connection with the problem of their use as salt sources.......................................................................... 152

Pedan, G., and Dragomyretska, O. Vortices of the Cretan straits of the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea shelf ............. 156

Popov, Yu.I., and Matygin, A.S. Sedimentary structure and late Holocene evolution of the coastal embayment on the southeastern coastline of the Crimean Peninsula (Black Sea)................................................. 159

Porotov, A., and Yanina, T. Regional distribution and clay mineralogy of the modern sediments in the north-western zone of the Black Sea...................................................................................................................... 162

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Unknown morphotypes as permanent representatives in the anoxic and sulfidic bottom sediments of the Black sea ..................................................................................................... 165

Sergeeva, N.G. Petrographic description of Chokrak-Spirialis Miocene Deposits of Eastern Azerbaijan ..... 170

Shiraliyeva, S.F Mud volcanism of the Black Sea region ................................................................................ 175

Shnyukov, E.F., and Yanko-Hombach, V. Holocene environments of the Volga River Delta: inferred from diatom assemblages in sediments of the RYcha River Channel ................................................................................. 179

Shtyrkova, E.I , and Polyakova, E.I. Adjustment theory in the study of human responses to global climate change in the Northwestern Black Sea region at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary ................................ 185

Smyntyna, O.V. Correlation of the Late Quaternary sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean and Ponto-Caspian basins ........................................................................................................................ 188

Sorokin, V., and Yanina, T. Paleogeographic stages in the development of the Iiranian coast of the Caspian Sea during the Holocene................................................................................................................................. 194

Svitoch, A., Badyukova, E., Makshaev, R., Sheikhi, B., and Yanina, T. On the other side of the Caspian Sea...................................................................................... 198

Taumanova, G.E. Age of the Paleolithic site Sukhaya Mechetka (Lower Volga Region) ................................. 201

Tkach, N.T., and Sychev, N.V. Stone age people in Crimea: an anthropological study .......................................................... 204

Vasilyev, S. V., and Borutskaya, S. B. Possible social-climatic consequences of circulation changes in Hadley’s cell .................... 213

Yakovleva, N., and Matygin, A. The Northern Caspian Sea: Environmental consequences of the climate change during the Khvalynian epoch (evidence from the boreholes)................................................................. 216

Yanina, T., Sorokin, V., Bezrodnykh, Yu., and Romanyuk, B. Biodiversity of the Volga River delta mollusks in the Holocene........................................... 221

Yanina, T., and Svitoch, A. Meiobenthos as an indicator of gaseous hydrocarbon reservoirs under floor of the Black Sea................................................................................................................................................ 224

Yanko-Hombach, V., Kadurin, S.V., Kravchuk, A.O., Kulakova, I.I. Paleogeography of the Atelian period in the Lower Volga Region ....................................... 230

Yarovaya, S.K., Kurbanov, R.N., Stevens, T., and Költringer, C. Apsheron Deposits (Late Early Pleistocene) of the Lower Volga (Astrakhan Arch) ............ 233

Zastrozhnov, A., Danukalova, G., and Ushakova, D. INDEX ................................................................................................................................... 238


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ORGANIZING AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Enrico DI STEFANO, Italy

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Executive Director Valentina YANKO-HOMBACH, Ukraine, Canada [email protected] [email protected]

Chairman of the Organizing Committee Antonio CARUSO, Italy [email protected]

Executive Secretary Claudia COSENTINO, Italy [email protected]

Technical Director Fabrizio LIRER, Italy

Administrator Irena MOTNENKO, Canada [email protected]

Claudia COSENTINO, Italy

Antonella MACCOTTA, Italy

Alessandro BONFARDECI, Italy

Members

Alessandro INCARBONA, Italy

Antonio CARUSO, Italy

Luca CAPRARO, Italy

Field Trips

Alessandra NEGRI, Italy

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Valentina YANKO-HOMBACH, Canada, Ukraine

Antonio CARUSO, Italy

Agata DI STEFANO, Italy Annachiara BARTOLINI, France Fabrizio LIRER, Italy Enrico DI STEFANO, Italy Francisco SIERRO, Spain Alexander KISLOV, Russia Allan GILBERT, U.S.A. Nicolae PANIN, Romania Alessandra NEGRI, Italy Olena SMYNTYNA, Ukraine Maria MARINO, Italy Mehmet Celal ÖZDOĞAN, Turkey Timothy HERBERT, U.S.A. Richard NORRIS, U.S.A. Hayrettin KORAL, Turkey Tamara YANINA, Russia

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