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: Vespremeanu-stroe, Alfred DOI: 10.1186/s40562-025-00438-x Published: Jan. 1, 2025 Source: EarthArXiv OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

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Keywords: Physical Sciences and Mathematics · Topics: Marine and environmental studies, Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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.

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