The Danube Canyon (also known as the Viteaz Canyon) is a large
submarine canyon, off the coast of
Romania, which indents the
shelf
Shelf ( : shelves) may refer to:
* Shelf (storage), a flat horizontal surface used for display and storage
Geology
* Continental shelf, the extended perimeter of a continent, usually covered by shallow seas
* Ice shelf, a thick platform of ice f ...
in the northwestern part of the
Black Sea. It developed seawards during the late
Pleistocene seaward along the
Danube valley.
The canyon continues into the most recent central channel in the relict
Danube fan at the bottom of the Black Sea and has been the major route of the transport of the deposit from
Danube river to the Danube fan.
Near the
shelf
Shelf ( : shelves) may refer to:
* Shelf (storage), a flat horizontal surface used for display and storage
Geology
* Continental shelf, the extended perimeter of a continent, usually covered by shallow seas
* Ice shelf, a thick platform of ice f ...
break zone the canyon is approximately 350m deep.
["Environmental Degradation of the Black Sea: Challenges and Remedies", editors Şükrü T. Beşiktepe, Ümit Ünlüata, Alexandru S. Bologa, 1999, ]
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References
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Landforms of the Black Sea
Danube