Shniukov, Yevhen F.Yanko-Hombach, Valentyna V.Янко-Хомбах, Валентина ВенедиктовнаЯнко-Хомбах, Валентина ВенедиктівнаШнюков, Євген ФедоровичШнюков, Евгений Федорович2017-12-052017-12-052017-12-052017-12-052017Proceedings joint plenary conference and fild trip of IGCP 610 "From the Caspian to Mediterranean: environmental change and human response during the quaternary", (2013-2017) and INQUA IFG POCAS "Ponto-Caspianstratigraphy and geochronology (2017-2020) : international geoscience programme, 1-9 October 2017, Palermo , Italy / Univ. of Palermo ; ed. in chief. A. S. Gilbert ; assoc. ed. V. Yanko-Hombach . – Palermo : Palermo univ. press, 2017 .https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/11736The Black Sea region encompasses the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and their coasts, and it Has been inhabited by humans for at least the last 1.8 million years. The region is unique in its Geological features and contains the largest meromictic basin in the world, with an area of 423,000 km2. The region was formed in the Mesozoic era as a back-arc structure above the Northward subducting Tethyan oceanic lithosphere. It is surrounded by Alpide fold belts and Consists mainly of two large sub-basins (Western and Eastern) separated by the NW-SE Trending Mid-Black Sea Ridge. The Black Sea basin holds great promise for providing new Non-traditional energy sources to surrounding countries, along with most of Europe, due to The presence of huge methane resources stored in gas hydrates beneath the seafloor. These Resources are estimated to be between 25 and 49 trillion m3, which makes them several times Greater than any other known gas reservoirs on Earth.enMud volcanismBlack sea regionBlack SeaSea of AzovArticle