Yoldia Sea
E27339
The Yoldia Sea was an early post-glacial brackish water stage of the Baltic basin that existed after the last Ice Age, named after the bivalve Yoldia arctica found in its sediments.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brackish water basin
ⓘ
paleogeographic water body ⓘ post-glacial stage of the Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| basin |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic basin
|
| characterizedBy |
Yoldia arctica shells in sediments
ⓘ
brackish fauna ⓘ marine transgression ⓘ post-glacial isostatic rebound ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | between Baltic Ice Lake and Ancylus Lake stages ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
World Ocean ⓘ |
| environment |
cold climate
ⓘ
subarctic conditions ⓘ |
| followed | Baltic Ice Lake ⓘ |
| formedAfter |
Pleistocene epoch
ⓘ
surface form:
Last Glacial Period
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
surface form:
Weichselian glaciation
|
| geologicalAge | early Holocene ⓘ |
| hasCause |
eustatic sea-level rise
ⓘ
isostatic land uplift ⓘ retreat of continental ice sheet ⓘ |
| hasEvidence |
marine clay deposits
ⓘ
microfossils in sediment cores ⓘ |
| hasFossil |
Yoldia arctica
ⓘ
brackish-water molluscs ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
Yoldiahavet (Swedish)
ⓘ
Yoldiameren (Finnish) ⓘ |
| hasSediments |
clay
ⓘ
silt ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic region
Northern Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yoldia arctica ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baltic Sea evolution
ⓘ
Baltic Sea history ⓘ Baltic Sea stages ⓘ post-glacial Baltic development ⓘ |
| preceded | Ancylus Lake ⓘ |
| predecessor | Baltic Ice Lake ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Ancylus Lake ⓘ |
| salinity | low salinity ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ paleogeography ⓘ |
| timePeriodEnd | approximately 9,500 years before present ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | approximately 10,300 years before present ⓘ |
| waterType | brackish water ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.