Session: “Noah's Flood” and the Late Quaternary Geological and Archaeological History of the Black Sea and Adjacent Basins (2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2

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1:30 PM

RYAN, William B.F., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, ÇAGATAY, Namik, Geology Department, ITU Maden Fakultesi, 80626 Ayazaga, Istanbul, Turkey, MAJOR, Candace O., Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Batiment 12, Domaine du CNRS, av. de la Terrasse, Gif/Yvette, F-91198, France and LERICOLAIS, Gilles, DRO-Geosciences Marines, IFREMER, Laboratoire Environnements Sedimentaires, B.P. 70, Plouzané, F-29280, billr@ldeo.columbia.edu, billr@ldeo.columbia.edu

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1:45 PM

LATE GLACIAL GREAT FLOOD IN THE BLACK SEA AND CASPIAN SEA

TCHEPALYGA, Andrey, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, 29, Staromonetniy per, Moscow, 109017, Russia, tchepalyga@mail.ru, tchepalyga@mail.ru

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2:00 PM

CONFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CULTURAL COMPLEXITY IN SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIBLICAL FLOOD MYTHOLOGY

KENNETT, James P., Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science Institute, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630 and KENNETT, Douglas J., Anthropology, Univ of Oregon Eugene, 5219 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 974035219, kennett@geol.ucsb.edu, kennett@geol.ucsb.edu

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2:15 PM

MORPHOTECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN BLACK SEA REGION AND THE SURROUNDINGS

YILMAZ, Yucel, Faculty of Science, Kadir Has Univ, Cibali Merkez Kampusu Cibali, Ýstanbul, 34230-01, Turkey, yyýlmaz@khas.edu.tr, yyýlmaz@khas.edu.tr

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2:30 PM

"NOAH'S FLOOD" AND THE LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF THE BLACK SEA AND ITS ADJACENT BASINS: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FLOOD HYPOTHESES

YANKO-HOMBACH, Valentina, Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Charleswood Technology Center, 3227 Roblin Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3R0C2, Canada, valyan@avalon-institute.org, valyan@avalon-institute.org

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3:00 PM

EARLY HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL CURVE OF THE COAST OF ISRAEL, EAST MEDITERRANEAN

SIVAN, Dorit, Institute for Maritime Studies, Univ of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel and LAMBECK, Kurt, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National Univ, Mills Road, Canberra, ACT0200, Australia, dsivan@research.haifa.ac.il, dsivan@research.haifa.ac.il

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3:15 PM

THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BLACK SEA AND MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE LAST 30 KY

ALGAN, Oya, Institute of Marine Sciences and Mgnt, Vefa, Istanbul, 34470, Turkey, algan@istanbul.edu.tr, algan@istanbul.edu.tr

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3:30 PM

THE BLACK SEA DURING THE LAST 20.000 YEARS: SEA LEVEL, SALINITY AND CLIMATE

PREISINGER, Anton and ASLANIAN, Selma, Mineralogy, Technical Univ of Vienna, Lerchengasse 23, Vienna, A-1080, Austria, apreisin@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at, apreisin@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at

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3:45 PM

CLIMATIC CHANGES MODIFIED THE QUATERNARY COASTAL LINES IN THE MARMARA REGION, WESTERN PONTICS: WHAT ABOUT ACTIVE TECTONICS?

KORAL, Hayrettin, Department of Geological Engineering, Istanbul University, Avcilar Campus, Avcilar, Istanbul, 34850, Turkey, hkoral@istanbul.edu.tr, hkoral@istanbul.edu.tr

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4:00 PM

THE BLACK SEA FLOOD: ARCHAEOLOGICAL & GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; A SUMMARY OF THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE

GILBERT, Allan S., Dept of Sociology & Anthropology, Fordham Univ, Bronx, NY 10458, gilbert@fordham.edu, gilbert@fordham.edu

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4:15 PM

WATER EXCHANGE BETWEEN MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEAS DURING LATE GLACIAL-HOLOCENE: EVIDENCE FROM MARMARA AND BLACK SEAS

ÇAGATAY, M. Namik, Geological Engineering Department, Faculty of Mining and Eurasian Institute of Earth Sciences, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 80626, Turkey and GÖRÜR, Naci, cagatay@itu.edu.tr, cagatay@itu.edu.tr

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4:30 PM

HOLOCENE BLACK SEA ENVIRONMENTS ACCORDING TO PALYNOLOGY

POPESCU Sr, Speranta-Maria, PaléoEnvironnements et PaléobioSphère, Univ Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, 27-43 boulevard du 11 Novembre, Villeurbanne, 69622 Cedex, HEAD V, Martin, Geography, Univ of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge, C2 3EN and LERICOLAIS Sr, Gilles, DRO Géosciences Marines, IFREMER, BP 70, Plouzané, 29280, popescu@univ-lyon1.fr, popescu@univ-lyon1.fr

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4:45 PM

WAS THE LAST RAPID SEA CHANGE IN THE BLACK SEA LINKED TO A CATASTROPHIC EVENT RECORDED BY MANKIND ?

LERICOLAIS, Gilles, DRO-Geosciences Marines, IFREMER, Laboratoire Environnements Sedimentaires, B.P. 70, Plouzané, F-29280, POPESCU, Irina, RCMG, Univ of Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Gent, B-9000, Belgium, PANIN, Nicolas, GEOECOMAR, 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Str, BP 34-51, Bucurest, RO-70318, Romania, GUICHARD, Francois, LSCE, CNRS-CEA, Domaine du CNRS, Batiment 12, Avenue de la Terrasse BP n°1, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91198, France and POPESCU, Speranta, Centre de Paléontologie stratigraphique et Paléoécologie, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, 29, boulevard du 11 novembre, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France, Gilles.Lericolais@ifremer.fr, Gilles.Lericolais@ifremer.fr

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5:00 PM

STABLE AND RADIOGENIC ISOTOPE CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEGLACIAL HISTORY OF THE BLACK AND MARMARA SEAS

MAJOR, Candace O.¹, RYAN, William B.F.², GOLDSTEIN, Steven L.², LABEYRIE, Laurent¹ and ÇAGATAY, Namik³, (1)Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Domaine du CNRS, Ave de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91198, (2)Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Rte 9W, Palisades, NY 10968, (3)Geology Department, ITU Maden Fakultesi, 80626 Ayazaga, Istanbul, candace.major@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr, candace.major@lsce.cnrs-gif.fr

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5:15 PM

LATE GLACIAL FRESHENING OF THE LEVANTINE BASIN: ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FROM ISKENDERUN BAY

SPEZZAFERRI, Silvia, Geology and Paleontology, Univ of Fribourg, Ch. Du Musée 6, Pérolles, Fribourg, 1700, YANKO-HOMBACH, Valentina, Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Charleswood Technology Center, 3227 Roblin Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R3R0C2, Canada and BRUCHEZ, Sebastien, Geology and Paleontology, Univ of Lausanne, BFSH2, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland, silvia.spezzaferri@unifr.ch, silvia.spezzaferri@unifr.ch

2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

T104. “Noah's Flood” and the Late Quaternary Geological and Archaeological History of the Black Sea and Adjacent Basins