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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paleogeographic water body
→
post-glacial brackish water stage → |
| chronologicalPosition |
Holocene
→
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| connectedTo |
North Sea
→
|
| connectedVia |
Danish straits
→
|
| endTime |
late Holocene
→
|
| follows |
Ancylus Lake
→
|
| formedAfter |
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 region
→
|
| locatedOn |
Northern Europe
→
|
| namedAfter |
Littorina littorea
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| partOf |
Baltic Sea basin
→
|
| precedes |
Limnea Sea
→
|
| startTime |
early Holocene
→
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
→
marine geology → paleogeography → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Ancylus Lake
→
|
followedBy |
|
Baltic Sea
→
|
precededBy |