Littorina Sea
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The Littorina Sea was a post-glacial brackish stage of the Baltic basin that existed after the Ice Age, characterized by higher salinity and sea levels than the modern Baltic Sea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Littorina Sea canonical | 4 |
| Littorina Sea stage | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paleogeographic water body
ⓘ
post-glacial brackish water stage ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | Holocene ⓘ |
| connectedTo | North Sea ⓘ |
| connectedVia | Danish straits ⓘ |
| endTime | late Holocene ⓘ |
| follows | Ancylus Lake ⓘ |
| formedAfter |
Wisconsin glaciation
ⓘ
surface form:
Weichselian glaciation
last Ice Age ⓘ |
| hasCause |
eustatic sea-level rise
ⓘ
post-glacial isostatic rebound ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristicFauna |
Littorina littorea
ⓘ
marine molluscs ⓘ other marine gastropods ⓘ |
| hasClimateContext | Holocene climatic optimum ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFrom |
mollusc assemblages
ⓘ
pollen records ⓘ raised beaches ⓘ shoreline terraces ⓘ |
| hasHigherSalinityCause |
stronger connection to North Sea
ⓘ
wider and deeper Danish straits ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRelation |
less marine-influenced than fully marine Baltic stages
ⓘ
more marine-influenced than Ancylus Lake ⓘ |
| hasMaximumExtent | larger than modern Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| hasSalinity | higher than modern Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| hasSedimentType |
Littorina transgression deposits
ⓘ
marine-influenced brackish sediments ⓘ |
| hasShoreline | higher than present Baltic shoreline in many areas ⓘ |
| hasTransgression | Littorina transgression ⓘ |
| hasWaterLevel | higher than modern Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| hasWaterType | brackish water ⓘ |
| influencedCoastlineOf |
Baltic states
ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ Finland ⓘ Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| isStageOf | Baltic Sea development history ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic region
|
| locatedOn | Northern Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Littorina littorea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baltic Sea drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea basin
|
| precedes | Limnea Sea ⓘ |
| startTime | early Holocene ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ paleogeography ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Littorina Sea stage