The Littorina transgression in the southwestern Baltic Sea: New insights based on proxy methods and radiocarbon dating of sediment cores

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-241

  Rößler, Doreen ^a   Moros, Matthias ^b,c   Lemke, Wolfram ^a  

^a Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research ^*  (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSGRESSION;

ARKONA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC REGION; BALTIC SEA; GERMANY; MECKLENBURG BIGHT;

BOREAS; FORAMINIFERA; LITTORINA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 79953012137     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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