Abstract The Caspian Sea, the largest land–locked water body worldwide, has undergone
water level changes much larger than that of the oceans and within decades only. In this …

Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates.
Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to …

At a time, when the five riparian countries have renewed consultation with each other about
the future of the Caspian Sea, it is appropriate to propose a state of the art of the potential …

We present the first comprehensive taxonomic and environmental study of dinoflagellate
cysts in 185 surface sediment samples from the Black Sea Corridor (BSC) which is a series …

A database containing 983 absolute ages of fluvial deposits was interpreted in
palaeohydrological terms and 646 dates were found associated with 754 local palaeofluvial …

Abstract Late Pleistocene and/or Holocene high-resolution palynological studies are
available for the south basin of the Caspian Sea (CS), the world's largest lake. However, the …

Abstract The Caspian Sea (CS), located between Europe and Asia, is the largest lake in the
world; however, its physical environment and its floor have oceanic characteristics. The CS …

Given the increase in plastic production, persistence, and toxicity in the environment,
understanding the probability of microplastics (MPs) accumulation in the sediments of the …

Abstract Quaternary Caspian Sea level variations depended on geophysical processes
(affecting the opening and closing of gateways and basin size/shape) and hydro …

Hydroclimatic variations in central Asia are widely recognized to be tele-connected with the
North Atlantic climate via the mid-latitude Westerlies. However, the long-term hydroclimatic …