DACIAN BASIN - GeoEcoMar

3.2. Dacian Basin sediment thickness distribution
sin. From this, the sediment thickness decreases toward the north, east and southeast
to less than 100 m.
In the western Maeotian depocenter, the isopach lines reveal the enlargement
of the area of sedimentation as compared to the western Middle and Late Sarmatian
(s. l.) depocenter. The isopachs describe three lobes, the eastern and the
southern ones showing more stretched-out surfaces. This pattern suggests that
sediment accumulation was also controlled by other factors, probably of tectonic
nature. The maximum sediment thickness (600 m) of the western depocenter area
appears in the center and in the northern extremity of the area. The deposits are
thin toward the east, south-east and south-west.
3.2.3. Thickness of the Early Pontian deposits
The image created by the Early Pontian isopach map of Saulea et al. (1969) reveals
two distinct depocenters. The pattern has similarities with the Sarmatian and Mae-
FIGURE 3.3. Dacian Basin isopach map of the Maeotian deposits. From Saulea et al. (1969). Sediment
thickness in meters.
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