Magnetostratigraphy of the Pliocene deposits in Black Sea, Caspian regions and adjacent areas

The results are summarized of paleomagnetic studies of the Pliocene deposits from Kerch Peninsula, western Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenia, the North Cis-Caspian and Lower Volga regions. Information from a number of researchers was used alongside with the authors data obtained earlier and in the course of research within the framework of the Peri-Tethys Programme. Composite paleomagnetic sections from the areas listed were correlated and related to A. Cox (Harland et al. 1982) magnetochronologic scale and to the paleomagnetic scheme of the Neogene deposits from the Mediterranean region. On the basis of the paleomagnetic data, the views on chronologic relationships among some local stratigraphic units were correcred; main development stages of mollusk and ostracod faunas from the Black Sea and Caspian regions were analyzed.