Mid-holocene baltic sea transgression along the coast of blekinge, SE Sweden - ancient lagoons correlated with beach ridges

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Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-272

  Yu, Shi Yong ^a   Berglund, Björn E ^a   Andrén, Elinor ^b   Sandgren, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic sea level; Beach ridges; Littorina transgression; Mid Holocene storminess; Neolithic coastal cultures

Indexed keywords

BEACH; HOLOCENE; LAGOON; NEOLITHIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BLEKINGE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

LITTORINA;

EID: 12144265431     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890401263257     Document Type: Article

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