Quaternary Foraminifera of the Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridors: Volume 1: Ponto-Caspian Foraminifera

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
	References
Acknowledgments
Abstract
Contents
About the Author
1: State-of-the-Art
	1.1 Foraminifera of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov
	1.2 Caspian and Aral Seas
	1.3 Our Study
	References
2: Study Area, Material, and Methods
	2.1 Study Area
	2.2 Material and Methods
	2.3 Statistical Treatment
	2.4 Stratigraphic Techniques
	References
3: Taxonomic Classification of Foraminifera
	3.1 General Remarks
	3.2 Principles of Taxonomic Classification
	3.3 Agglutinated Taxa
	3.4 Taxonomic Classification of the Order Miliolida
	3.5 Taxonomic Classification of Order Lagenida
	3.6 Taxonomic Classification of Order Rotaliida
		3.6.1 Test Morphology and Accepted Terminology of Rotaliids
		3.6.2 Systematics and Genetic Interrelations
	3.7 Taxonomic Classification of Order Buliminida
	3.8 Systematics and Comparison with Other Basins
	References
4: Modern Foraminifera
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Modern Foraminifera of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
		4.2.1 Northwestern Deltas, Limans, and Lagoons.
		4.2.2 Northwestern (Including Western Crimean) Shelf
		4.2.3 Eastern Crimean Shelf, Kerch Strait, and Sea of Azov
		4.2.4 Caucasian Shelf
		4.2.5 Bulgarian, Southwestern, and Bosphorus Outlet Shelf
	4.3 Modern Foraminifera of the Caspian Sea
		4.3.1 North Caspian Sea
		4.3.2 Middle Caspian Sea
		4.3.3 South Caspian Sea
		4.3.4 Bays and Straits of the Caspian Sea
	4.4 Modern Foraminifera of the Aral Sea
	4.5 Conclusions
	4.6 Lateral Rows of Modern Foraminiferal Assemblages
	4.7 Quantitative Distribution and Ecology of Benthic Foraminifera
	4.8 Bionomic Groups
		4.8.1 Black Sea and Sea of Azov
		4.8.2 Caspian Sea
		4.8.3 Aral Sea
	4.9 Ecological Classification of Foraminifera
	4.10 Use of Modern Foraminifers for Bio- and Ecostratigraphy and Facies Analysis
	References
5: Quaternary Bio- and Ecostratigraphy, with Elements of Paleogeography of the Ponto-Caspian Corridors
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Caspian Region
		5.2.1 Eopleistocene (Apsheronian Regional Stage)
		5.2.2 Lower Neopleistocene (Bakinian Stage)
		5.2.3 Middle Neopleistocene (Urundzhikian and Gyurgyanian Stages)
		5.2.4 Upper Neopleistocene (Khazarian and Khvalynian Stages)
		5.2.5 Holocene (Novocaspian Stage)
		5.2.6 Conclusions
	5.3 Black Sea Region
		5.3.1 Eopleistocene
		5.3.2 Lower Neopleistocene
		5.3.3 Middle Neopleistocene
			5.3.3.1 Old Euxinian Stage
			5.3.3.2 Uzunlarian Stage
		5.3.4 Upper Neopleistocene
			5.3.4.1 Karangatian Stage
			5.3.4.2 Tarkhankutian Stage
			5.3.4.3 Neoeuxinian Stage
		5.3.5 Holocene (ca. 10 ky BP-Present)
	5.4 Correlation of Stratigraphic Units
	5.5 Pleistocene Intrusions from the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas into the Black Sea: Reconstructions Based on Foraminifera
	References
6: Origin and Taxonomy of the Pleistocene Ponto-Caspian Benthic Foraminifera
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Caspian Region
	6.3 Black Sea Region (Pont)
	6.4 Conclusions
	References
7: Benthic Foraminifera as Indicators of Environmental Change in the Black Sea in Space and Time
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Foraminifera as Indicators of Environmental Stress Caused by Herbicides and Oil Pollution (INCO-COPERNICUS Case Study)
	7.3 Foraminifera as Indicators of Environmental Stress Caused by River Discharge (WAPCOAST Case Study)
	7.4 Foraminifera as Indicators of Environmental Stress by Methane Emissions (HERMES Case Study)
	7.5 Foraminifera as Indicators of Environmental Stress on the Neopleistocene-Holocene Boundary
	7.6 Morphological Deformities of Foraminiferal Tests as Indicators of Environmental Stress
	References
8: Systematic Part
	References
Appendices
	Appendix 1: Alphabetical Index to Genera
	Appendix 2: Addresses of Studied Outcrops on the Black Sea Coast
Paleontological Plates
Alphabetical Index to Genera
Alphabetical Index to Species