A Palaeodelta of the Crimean Rivers in the Sea of Azov
Methods of digital terrain modelling and quantitative geomorphometric techniques allow one to reveal hidden topographic structures, e.g. palaeochanells and palaeodeltas. Using a cartographic morphometric technique based on the derivation of horizontal curvature, we revealed a palaeodelta of rivers of the northern slope of the Crimean Mountains located on the Sea of Azov bottom. Currently the palaeodelta is cut from river mouths by the Sivash lagoon and the Arabat Spit. The palaeodelta has been probably formed during the New Euxine regression of the Black Sea. The palaeodelta may indirectly testify the hypothesis of glaciation of the Crimean Mountains in the Pleistocene