July 3, 1998 The geomorphological work in Akliman is continuing, and the team is now moving further inland than before. We are hoping to document the slow filling in of the bay over the past few thousand years. One way that we are able to document change is by analyzing the layers of silt, clay and sand that have accumulated over thousands of years. In the photo Mark explains the difference between surface layers and underlying silty deposits.

Mark and Alex discuss the differences between two layers in a geomorphological core just after it has been removed. if you're not already there, load the whole BlackSeaProject website