Yoldia stage

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The Yoldia stage is a postglacial Baltic Sea phase characterized by cold, brackish-water conditions and named after the bivalve Yoldia (Portlandia) arctica, whose fossils are typical of its sediments.

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Yoldia stage canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological stage
postglacial Baltic Sea phase
characterizedBy cold brackish-water fauna
connection to the ocean
postglacial isostatic uplift
evidencedBy marine microfossils
mollusc assemblages
sediment cores
follows Baltic Ice Lake NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Yoldia Sea stage NERFINISHED
hasBoundaryDefinedBy changes in salinity
faunal turnover
stratigraphic markers
hasClimateCharacteristic cold conditions
hasDeposits Yoldia clay NERFINISHED
hasEnvironment glaciomarine environment
hasFaunalElement arctic-boreal molluscs
bivalves
hasOriginProcess opening of marine connections
retreat of continental ice sheets
hasSalinity brackish
hasTypicalFossil Portlandia arctica NERFINISHED
Yoldia arctica NERFINISHED
hasTypicalSediment glaciomarine clay
marine clay
hasWaterType brackish water
locatedIn Baltic Sea basin NERFINISHED
Fennoscandian region NERFINISHED
Northern Europe
namedAfter Portlandia arctica NERFINISHED
Yoldia arctica NERFINISHED
partOf Baltic Sea history
precedes Ancylus Lake NERFINISHED
recognizedIn Baltic stratigraphy
Scandinavian stratigraphy NERFINISHED
studiedInDiscipline Quaternary geology
paleoclimatology
paleolimnology
timeAfter Last Glacial Maximum NERFINISHED
timeWithin Holocene transition NERFINISHED
late Pleistocene–early Holocene

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Yoldiahavet (Swedish) hasStratigraphicUnit Yoldia stage
subject surface form: Yoldiahavet