Ancylus Lake
E27290
Ancylus Lake was a large freshwater body that occupied the Baltic Sea basin after the last Ice Age, before it evolved into the modern brackish Baltic Sea.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater body
ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ prehistoric lake ⓘ |
| afterEvent |
Weichselian glaciation
ⓘ
last Ice Age ⓘ |
| approximateEnd | about 8,000 years before present ⓘ |
| approximateStart | about 10,700 years before present ⓘ |
| basin |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea basin
|
| causeOfChange | transition to more marine conditions in the Baltic basin ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
low salinity
ⓘ
rising water level relative to land ⓘ |
| drainage |
freshwater outflow to the North Sea
ⓘ
outflow via central Swedish lowlands ⓘ |
| endedDueTo |
opening of new connections to the ocean
ⓘ
relative sea-level rise in the North Atlantic region ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Littorina Sea
ⓘ
brackish Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| formedBy |
isostatic rebound of Fennoscandia
ⓘ
melting of continental ice sheets ⓘ |
| hasEvidence |
freshwater diatom assemblages
ⓘ
freshwater mollusc fossils ⓘ varved clays ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphicUnit | Ancylus transgression ⓘ |
| influencedRegion |
coastal geomorphology of Scandinavia
ⓘ
coastal geomorphology of northern Poland ⓘ coastal geomorphology of the Baltic states ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
raised shorelines around the Baltic basin
ⓘ
sediment cores in the Baltic region ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fennoscandia
ⓘ
surface form:
Fennoscandian region
Northern Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ancylus fluviatilis ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | named for a freshwater snail genus found in its sediments ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | postglacial freshwater environment ⓘ |
| partOf | Baltic Sea evolution ⓘ |
| partOfSequence |
Baltic Ice Lake
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Ice Lake – Yoldia Sea – Ancylus Lake – Littorina Sea
|
| precededBy | Baltic Ice Lake ⓘ |
| salinity | near 0‰ ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ paleolimnology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Holocene ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.