No evidence for a 10-m historical tectonic uplift at Mangalia, (Romanian Black Sea coast): Comment on Drăgușin et al. (2025)

No evidence for a 10-m historical tectonic uplift at Mangalia, (Romanian Black Sea coast): Comment on Drăgușin et al. (2025)

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Authors

Alfred Vespremeanu-stroe, Luminita Preoteasa, Laurentiu Tutuianu, Mihaela Dobre, Florin Zainescu, Anca Dan, Edward Anthony

Abstract

Drăgușin et al. (2025) interpreted deposits at Mangalia (Romania) as evidence of a two-phase tectonic event (~14 m subsidence and uplift) during the 18th–19th centuries. Based on multi-proxy data from the same site, we show that this scenario is inconsistent with regional tectonics, stratigraphy, and archaeology. The deposits instead record the gradual infill of a coastal depression episodically affected by extreme marine incursions.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X57M96

Subjects

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Keywords

coastal geomorphology, Tectonic uplift, Extreme marine events, Black Sea coast

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Published: 2025-10-09 11:38

Last Updated: 2025-10-09 11:38

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