Selection of locations in the Dardanelles Strait (Fig. S1). a, Seddülbahir: white lines, sections studied by Melinte-Dobrinescu et al. (2009): ES, East Seddülbahir; WS, West Seddülbahir. Yelllow lines: sections A–B studied by Krijgsman et al. (2020b). b–c, The Karanfil T. section (Table S1): a, showing the MES and chronological calibration by calcareous nannoplankton; c, Karanfil T. section: lithological detail around the MES. d–j, The Intepe area. d, Google Earth relief map with the key-locations: 1–2, the Intepe section of Melinte-Dobrinescu et al. (2009) (Table S1): 1, the studied section; 2, place of the lignite overlain by fired clays; 3–8, representative sections of the Güzelyalı nested Gilbert-type fan delta: 3, deposits prior to the Messinian erosion northward of the MES; 4, block debris flow in contact with the MES; 5, foreset beds; 6, foreset-beds; 7, foreset beds in contact with the MES; 8, bottomset beds; 9, the Intepe-2 section studied by Krijgsman et al. (2020b). e, The Intepe section studied (black lines) by Melinte-Dobrinescu et al. (2009) as available in 2007. f, The same section destroyed in 2013 for building a motorway. g, Messinian sediments (to the right) cut by the MES, overlain by nested block debris flow (location 4 in Figure 11d). h, Foreset beds of the Gilbert-type fan delta (location 5 in Figure 11d). i, Zoom on the foreset beds of the Gilbert-type fan delta (location 7 in Figure 11d). j, The Intepe lignite overlain by fired clays (location 2 in Figure 11d). Photographs: a–c and e–i by J.-P. Suc, j by Ç. Karakaş.

Quelques localités remarquables du Détroit des Dardanelles.