Palynostratigraphy of Pleistocene and Holocene Sediments from the Western Black Sea Area

摘要

INTRODUCTION The palynological method is one of the main biostratigraphic methods. Pollen analysis of marine sediments offers the possibility of obtaining long and presumably continuous records of coastal vegetation that are the source of plant microfossils found in the marine basins. Such sequences provide opportunity to develop complete and high-resolution records of terrestrial events. Palynological investigations form a most welcome additional source of information for determining stratigraphic zones of marine sediments. They attract much interest of geologists especially to outline stratigraphy of deep-sea sediments where the malacological method fails.