ASPECTE PRIVIND GENEZA ŞI EVOLUŢIA LIMANULUI KUIALNIC

Lazăr CHIRICĂ Universitatea de Stat din Moldova

Abstract

ASPECTS REGARDING THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE KUIALNIC ESTUARY 

Due to its location within the sea-shore area of the Black Sea, the Kuialnic Estuary has a genesis almost similar to all the seaside estuaries. Thus, it has undergone through the following phases: of a river, deep valley, bay, lagoon and of an estuary. All of the above-mentioned phases occurred within the post-glacial period and were influenced by the regressive-transgressive character of the Black Sea. The Kuialnic Estuary has definitively separated from the Black Sea by the end of 17th century, through the creation of a coastline. 

Keywords: estuary, lagoon, bay, sea, regression, transgression, stages, phases, periods, sediments, paleofauna, paleoflora, molluscs, ostracods, foraminifers.