1986/01/01 by Kyaw Winn, Fritz-Rudolf Averdieck, Winn, Kyaw +5 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Earth Science #Earth sciences and geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
paper · pdf · doi:10.2312/meyniana.1986.38.61
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Sea level related radiocarbon, palynological and stratigraphical data from sediment cores in the Western Baltic have been tested against the existing sea level curves for the region. The relative sea level rise curves for the beginning of the Holocene show no significant deviations between the Kiel, Mecklenburg und Lübeck Bays and hence do not support the previously reported differences in the averaged regional subsidence rates for this time interval. Local subsidence and upheaval due to salt tectonics probably played a greater role than previously suspected in the region. The sea level possibly stagnated around -28 m during the early Holocene before rising very rapidly to -14 m. The submarine terraces at -30 m and perhaps also at -27 m were formed during the lacustrine phase of the Western Baltic when the water levels were controlled by the main thresholds in the Great Belt.