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The structure of the Romanian Western Black Sea shelf has been studied before 1970 and described in publications that serve today as an important point of reference in the structural geology and geotectonic studies. After the year 2005, a new set of gravimetric data has been acquired by the Romanian National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology, that has been obtained by compiling over 13.400 km of profile measurements on the Romanian and Bulgarian offshore. By combining this newer data with an analysis on t...

Redefining the maritime space security framework is actually a top priority for any European maritime country, and Romania is no exception. Several research projects, all in connection with the safety of the maritime space and the submerged cultural heritage have been addressed by the Romanian researchers during the last years. Among them, the project entitled ?Implementation of a geophysical investigation and monitoring tool of the Romanian maritime space security ? MAR-S? explicitly aimed at demonstrating the ef...

Pontus Euxinus, the Black Sea today, was since ancient time playground of human activities, of which the most important is the trading navigation, whose beginning coincides with the Greek colonization started in the 7th century BC. The colonies and settlements founded along the coast were connected in ancient time mainly by nautical trade routes running along the shores. The case study area is located in the shallow waters of the Black Sea, in front of the sandbank system that today separates the Razelm-Sinoie lac...

First indication of habitation on the site of the future Halmyris fortress dates back to early 6th century BC, when the region was inhabited by the Getae. The Roman fortress, constructed in 2nd century AD, was the easternmost one in the chain of fortifications built under Roman occupation along the Danubian border of the empire and was abandoned in 7th century AD after it lost its economic and strategic importance. The site is located on Murighiol-Dunav?? promontory 2.5 km east of Murighiol village at around 1.5 k...