2017-11-272017-11-272014Quaternary Internationalhttps://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/11546The Fifth Special Volume of the Quaternary International journal is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Dr. Evgeny Larchenkov (1946-2012), a Co-Coordinator of the Working Group 6 “Structural Geology and Active Tectonics.” Evgenywas Head of the Department of Physical and Marine Geology at Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University and Academician of the Ukrainian Engineering Academy of Sciences. He was a high ranking specialist in structural geology, had a forceful personality, was a fine leader, and impressed all as an honest and energetic person with a great sense of humor. His scientific interests were related to the study of historic and genetic conditions of oil and gas development as well as the petroleum potential of the rift sedimentary basins of the Eastern European and Siberian platforms, and the passive continental margins of South America, western Africa, and the western and southern parts of Australia. Within the IGCP 521-INQUA 501 frameworks, he worked on evaluating the role of active tectonics on sea-level change and coastal processes in the Black Sea, the Marmara Gateways, the Aegean Sea, and northern Turkey.enCaspian SeaBlack SeaMediterraneansea level changehuman adaptive strategiesArticle