2005/01/01 by Reinhard Lampe, Elisabeth Endtmann, Lampe, Reinhard +11
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Bay #Earth Science #Earth sciences and geology #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Holocene #Macrofossil #Marine and environmental studies #Marine transgression #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena #Oceanography #Paleontology #Physical geography #Sea level #Subsidence #Transect
paper · doi:10.2312/meyniana.2005.57.5
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†, WOLFRAM, 2005: A new relative sea-level curve for the Wismar Bay, N-German Baltic coast. (Eine neue relative Meeresspiegelkurve fur die Wismarbucht, norddeutsche Ostseekuste).- Meyniana, 57:5-35,10 fig., 2 tab., Kiel. The Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is located in the transition zone between the region of Fennoscandian Uplift and the Central European Depression. In relation to the eustatic sea-level rise, the northeast coast shows a slower inundation, while for the southwestern area a faster transgression is indicated, which can be attributed to crustal movements. To determine the spatial and temporal differences since the onset of the Littorina Transgression, three relative sea-level curves have been established along a transect parallel to the gradient of uplift/subsidence. The Wismar Bay area is one endpoint of the transect demonstrating today a relative sea-level rise of 1.4 mm a -1 . To determine the relative sea-level curve for the Wismar Bay, two sites were investigated on Rustwerder Spit (Poel) and Redentin. They provided reliable depth-age data, while the stratigraphy was additionally supported by lithological/geochemical, pollen, diatom and macrofossil data. Additional evidence was provided by archaeological submarine surveys and excavations. Comparing the new relative sea-level curve with a curve from the Vorpommern coast, it can be shown that for the period from 4000 cal BC until present, the differences between the two curves are caused by a constant neotectonic movement, while for the older periods an increasing isostatic component must be taken into account.