RECENT BERING STRAIT HISTORY

Authors
SVITOCH AA TALDENKOVA EE
Citation
Aa. Svitoch et Ee. Taldenkova, RECENT BERING STRAIT HISTORY, Okeanologia, 34(3), 1994, pp. 439-443
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Okeanologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00301574
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
439 - 443
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-1574(1994)34:3<439:RBSH>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Since its opening in the Neogene the Bering Strait appeared at least 6 times. The most long-lasting epoch of its existence were the Pliocene one. The latest (post-glacial) opening of the strait caused by glacia l eustatic sea level increase consisted of several successive stages: opening of the Bering Strait, the Anadyr Strait and the Shpanberg Stra it. The size of the strait reached its maximum during the Holocene opt imum, while the modern water circulation started about 3 - 2 thousand years ago.