10.6084/m9.figshare.3454025.v1 A. M. Nikishin A. M. Nikishin M. Wannier M. Wannier A. S. Alekseev A. S. Alekseev O. A. Almendinger O. A. Almendinger P. A. Fokin P. A. Fokin R. R. Gabdullin R. R. Gabdullin A. K. Khudoley A. K. Khudoley L. F. Kopaevich L. F. Kopaevich A. V. Mityukov A. V. Mityukov E. I. Petrov E. I. Petrov E. V. Rubtsova E. V. Rubtsova Mesozoic to recent geological history of southern Crimea and the Eastern Black Sea region Geological Society of London 2016 Jurassic future Eastern Black Sea Basin Eastern Black Sea region Shatsky Ridge phase South Crimea Orogen Triassic South Crimea Mesozoic South Crimean Shelf Basin stratigraphic Aalenian Sudak Deepwater Trough Eastern Black Sea Basin Callovian Geology 2016-06-21 11:50:47 Dataset https://geolsoc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Mesozoic_to_recent_geological_history_of_southern_Crimea_and_the_Eastern_Black_Sea_region/3454025 <p>We provide a synthesis of stratigraphic data to unravel the history of the geological evolution of South Crimea in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The South Crimea Orogen consists of three major mega-sequences: (1) the Triassic–Early Jurassic; (2) the Aalenian–Bathonian; and (3) the Callovian–Eocene. The Late Triassic–Early Jurassic deposits formed in the environment of a forearc basin and a remnant basin. The Aalenian–Bathonian deposits formed above subduction extension and a volcanic belt. Three main Callovian–Eocene tectonic units can be identified in South Crimea: (1) the South Crimean Shelf Basin; (2) the Sudak Deepwater Trough; and (3) the Alchak–Kaya Shelf Basin at the northern margin of the Shatsky Ridge. The Oligocene–Quaternary deposits are considered to be syn-orogenic. A description of the anticipated stratigraphic units on the Shatsky Ridge is suggested for the Middle Jurassic, Callovian–Late Jurassic, Neocomian, Aptian–Albian, Late Cretaceous–Paleocene, Eocene and Maykopian. We propose a model for the geological history of the Eastern Black Sea Basin. Graben formed during the Late Barremian–Albian at the location of the future Eastern Black Sea Basin and a phase of volcanism occurred in the Albian. The main phase of rifting and spreading of oceanic crust took place during Cenomanian–Santonian time. </p>