scholarly journals Holoplankton of the port area of the Taman Peninsula: Kerch Strait, Black Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 872 (1) ◽  
pp. 012008
Author(s):  
Zh P Selifonova ◽  
A L Boran-Keshishyan
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Taman Peninsula ◽  
Kerch Strait ◽  
Port Area

scholarly journals Roman Terracottas From the Lower City of Olbia from the collection of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine

Archaeology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Roman Kozlenko ◽  
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Olha Puklina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Port Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Higher Rank ◽  
Roman Military ◽  
The City

The article introduces clay figurines of eagles and terracotta of a Roman soldier, which were found during excavations at the Lower City of Olbia in the 1930—1940-ies, and are kept in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. The iconography of the eagles is similar to the terracotta statuette of an eagle found in the praetorium building in the Upper City of Olbia. The series of rooms, in which the eagle figurines were found, belong to the Roman garrison structures, which were located in the port area of the city. Terracotta eagle figurines could be used in military sanctuaries, and imitate Roman military standards, or be associated with the worship of Jupiter. Analogies to these products are known from the Roman fortresses on the Danube and in Dacia province. The fragment of terracotta with a shield was a part of a Roman soldier figurine with hanging limbs. The warrior was depicted wearing a Roman military cloak (sagum). This indicates his higher rank, in contrast to the soldiers dressed in tunics. In his left hand he holds a shield (clipeus), which depicts a deity in armor, with rays above his head. The terracotta depicts warriors armed with gladius, and belted with a Roman military belt (cingulum militare). They depict the servicemen of the auxiliary troops of the Roman army — auxilia, or, given the non-standard shape of their shields, the sailors of the Moesian fleet (milites classiarii), whose units were stationed in Olbia, as is known from the epigraphic finds. The places of their finds mark the points of deployment of the Roman troops in the Northern Black Sea region. These terracottas could serve as votives in ritual rites associated with the cult of Mithras, which appears in Olbia as a result of the Roman garrison deployment in the city during the second half of the 2nd — first half of the 3rd c. AD.

Study of water exchange in Kerch strait using NEMO model of Black Sea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Sedakov ◽  
Barnier Bernard ◽  
Jean-Marc Molines ◽  
Anastasiya Mershavka
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Water Exchange ◽  
Discharge Rate ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
External Forcing ◽  
Sea Of Azov ◽  
The Sea Of Azov ◽  
The North ◽  
Kerch Strait

<p>The Sea of Azov is a small, shallow, and freshened sea that receives a large freshwater discharge. Under certain external forcing conditions brackish water from the Sea of Azov flow into the north-eastern part of the Black Sea through the narrow Kerch Strait and form a surface-advected buoyant plume. Water flow in the Kerch Strait also regularly occurs in the opposite direction, which results in the spreading of an advected plume of saline and dense water from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov. Using a regional Black Sea Azov Sea model based on NEMO we study physical mechanisms that govern water exchange through the Kerch Strait and analyze the dependence of its direction and intensity on external forcing conditions. We show that water exchange in the Kerch Strait is governed by a wind-induced barotropic pressure gradient. Water flow through the shallow and narrow Kerch Strait is a one-way process for the majority of the time. Outflow from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea is induced by moderate and strong northerly winds, while flow into the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea is induced by southerly winds. The direction and intensity of water exchange have wind-governed synoptic and seasonal variability, and they do not depend on the variability of river discharge rate to the Sea of Azov on an intraannual timescale.</p>

scholarly journals Water exchange between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait

Ocean Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Zavialov ◽  
Alexander Osadchiev ◽  
Roman Sedakov ◽  
Bernard Barnier ◽  
Jean-Marc Molines ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Water Exchange ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
External Forcing ◽  
Sea Of Azov ◽  
Buoyant Plume ◽  
The Sea Of Azov ◽  
The North ◽  
Kerch Strait

Abstract. The Sea of Azov is a small, shallow, and freshened sea that receives a large freshwater discharge. Under certain external forcing conditions low-salinity waters from the Sea of Azov flow into the north-eastern part of the Black Sea through the narrow Kerch Strait and form a surface-advected buoyant plume. Water flow in the Kerch Strait also regularly occurs in the opposite direction, which results in the spreading of a bottom-advected plume of saline and dense waters from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov. In this study we focus on the physical mechanisms that govern water exchange through the Kerch Strait and analyse the dependence of its direction and intensity on external forcing conditions. Analysis of satellite imagery, wind data, and numerical modelling shows that water exchange in the Kerch Strait is governed by a wind-induced barotropic pressure gradient. Water flow through the shallow and narrow Kerch Strait is a one-way process for the majority of the time. Outflow from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea is induced by moderate and strong north-easterly winds, while flow into the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea occurs during wind relaxation periods. The direction and intensity of water exchange have wind-governed synoptic and seasonal variability, and they do not depend on the rate of river discharge to the Sea of Azov on an intra-annual timescale. The analysed data reveal dependencies between wind forcing conditions and spatial characteristics of the buoyant plume formed by the outflow from the Sea of Azov.

Results of Monitoring of Temperature Conditions of Migration and Fishing of the Azov Khamsa

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Boris N. Panov ◽  
Elena O. Spiridonova ◽  
Michail M. Pyatinskiy ◽  
Aleksandr S. Arutyunyan
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Sea Of Azov ◽  
The Sea Of Azov ◽  
Kerch Strait ◽  
Flood Zone

The paper presents the results of monitoring the process of migration and fishing of the Azov khamsa in April-May and October-November, 2019. The research used daily maps of sea surface temperature (SST) of the Black and Azov seas, built in the hydrometeorological Center of Russia according to NCDC/NOAA (Operational module Yessim - hmc.meteorf.ru/sea/black/sst/sst_black.htm) and daily fishing information of the Center for Monitoring of Fisheries and Communications. It is shown that in the spring, khamsa clusters begin to disperse and move to feeding places after the water temperature reaches 11 °C, and at a water temperature of 14-15 °C, the fish becomes much more mobile and the clusters finally disperse. In autumn, the Azov khamsa began to concentrate in the pre-flood zone of the Sea of Azov at an average SST of 16-17 °C, with a SST of 14-16 °C, the khamsa went out into the Kerch Strait. The active output of the khamsa into the Black Sea began at the SST of the pre-flood zone of 15 °C and almost stopped at the SST of about 13 °C. The average SST in the Kerch Strait dropped to 11 °C these days.

A new Chersodromia Walker (Diptera: Hybotidae) from shore of the Sea of Azov (Russia)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2645 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
PATRICK GROOTAERT ◽  
IGOR SHAMSHEV
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Sandy Beach ◽  
Fore Tarsus ◽  
Sea Of Azov ◽  
Taman Peninsula ◽  
The Sea Of Azov

Chersodromia isabellae sp. nov. is described from a sandy beach on the Taman' Peninsula (Krasnodar Territory, Russia). It is closely related to C. nigrosetosa Chvála, 1970 but differs from the latter in having a dorsoapical stylus on a rounded postpedicel and the fore tarsus with tarsomeres 2–5 widened and black. It also resembles C. bureschi Beschovski, 1973 in which only tarsomeres 4 and 5 on the foreleg are black and the male genitalia are slightly different. A key is given for the eight species known from Black Sea and Sea of Azov.

Trapezus in the Crimea: A Re-examination of the Sources*

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Pantelis Charalampakis
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Taman Peninsula ◽  
Satisfactory Solution ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
Written Sources

Abstract The author examines the question of the place name Trapezus recorded by ancient sources as being located north of the Black Sea. This toponym indicates a mountain which bears no relation to the Pontic city of Trapezus. According to the written sources only, this place name cannot be identified. On the contrary, as suggested by archaeological evidence and the testimony of Procopius about the Goths Trapezitae, the predominant opinion of Chatÿr Dag appears to provide the most satisfactory solution for the identification of Mount Trapezus. This mountain was never known as Hermonassa and is not related to the Taman peninsula.

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