title: Quaternary sediment sources, sinks and transport pathways in the Black Sea-Caspian Sea region
abstract: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Black Sea-Caspian Sea region is a vast and geomorphologically variable area where sea level changes, large rivers and their migration, and numerous interacting climate systems and aeolian regimes lead to a highly dynamic and complex situation of sediment supply and reworking. The area is blanketed by extensive loessic and sandy aeolian deposits, extending from northern Iran, through the Caucasus piedmont, Caspian lowland, and into the Crimea and East European Plain, as well 