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Chapter 2. Dacian Basin paleogeography. Sedimentological interpretation
FIGURE 2.8. The Dacian Basin in the paleogeographic context of the Early Maeotian time (approx.
8.5 - 7 Ma). Simplified and modified after the paleogeographic map by Ilyina et al. (in Popov
et al., 2004). The Dacian Basin after Saulea et al. (1969) and Hamor et al. (1988)
A similar paleogeography persisted during the Pontian interval. The narrow seaway
connecting the Euxinian Basin and the Dacian Basin was located between the
Dobrogean and the Volhynian Highs, to the north of the present day Galaţi Town.
The brackish-water conditions continued during the first part of the Dacian
time (Jipa, 1997), and the semi-closed water body characteristic probably persisted
during the Early Dacian time.
2.1.6. The closed Dacian Basin (Late Dacian-Romanian)
The brackish character of the Dacian Basin, persisted until the Early Dacian time in
the western Dacian Basin. Beginning with the Middle Dacian period, the sedimentation
in the Dacian Basin area became mostly fluvial, in contrast to the Euxinian
Basin, which was still brackish-marine.