Limnea Sea

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The Limnea Sea was a prehistoric stage of the Baltic Sea that existed after the Littorina Sea phase, characterized by lower salinity and the gradual development toward the modern Baltic basin.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Limnea Sea canonical 1
Post-Littorina Sea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf paleogeographic water body ⓘ
prehistoric stage of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
developsInto modern Baltic Sea ⓘ
differsFrom Littorina Sea by lower salinity ⓘ
Littorina Sea by reduced marine fauna ⓘ
follows Littorina Sea ⓘ
hasCharacteristic formation of the modern Baltic basin ⓘ
gradual reduction of marine influence ⓘ
increasing freshwater input ⓘ
progressive isolation from the North Sea ⓘ
hasEnvironment brackish to nearly freshwater conditions ⓘ
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic dominance of riverine inflow over marine inflow ⓘ
restricted connection to the North Sea ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named from Latinized form related to freshwater snail genus Limnaea / Lymnaea ⓘ
hasRelevanceFor reconstruction of Baltic Sea level changes ⓘ
studies of Holocene climate change in Northern Europe ⓘ
hasSalinity brackish water ⓘ
lower salinity than Littorina Sea ⓘ
hasStratigraphicEvidence microfossil assemblages indicating low salinity ⓘ
sedimentary records in Baltic Sea cores ⓘ
hasTemporalContext Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
locatedIn Baltic Sea basin ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
partOf Baltic Sea history ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
postglacial Baltic Sea development ⓘ
precededBy Littorina Sea ⓘ
precedes contemporary Baltic Sea ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Quaternary geology ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
paleolimnology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Littorina Sea → precedes → Limnea Sea ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages → hasStage → Post-Littorina Sea ⓘ
linked to: Limnea Sea