Holocene Baltic Sea stages

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Holocene Baltic Sea stages are the successive geological and hydrological phases of the Baltic Sea’s development during the Holocene epoch, characterized by changing sea levels, salinity, and connections to the world ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Holocene Baltic Sea stages canonical 4

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf brackish water basin ⓘ
brackish water stage ⓘ
brackish-marine stage ⓘ
geological concept ⓘ
large freshwater lake ⓘ
paleogeographic framework ⓘ
proglacial lake ⓘ
semi-enclosed brackish sea ⓘ
stratigraphic subdivision ⓘ
appliesTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
characterizedBy changes in connection to the world ocean ⓘ
changes in salinity ⓘ
changes in sea level ⓘ
changes in water volume ⓘ
decreasing salinity ⓘ
freshwater conditions ⓘ
freshwater conditions ⓘ
higher salinity than modern Baltic Sea ⓘ
short-lived marine connection to the North Atlantic ⓘ
strong stratification ⓘ
stronger connection to the North Sea ⓘ
connectedTo North Sea ⓘ
follows Ancylus Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baltic Ice Lake ⓘ
Littorina Sea ⓘ
Yoldia Sea ⓘ
formedBy melting of Scandinavian Ice Sheet ⓘ
hasStage Ancylus Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baltic Ice Lake ⓘ
Littorina Sea ⓘ
Modern Baltic Sea ⓘ
Post-Littorina Sea ⓘ
linked to: Limnea Sea

Yoldia Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Ancylus fluviatilis ⓘ
Littorina littorea ⓘ
Yoldia arctica ⓘ
partOf Holocene ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
precededBy Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period
startAfter Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
usedFor correlation of coastal deposits ⓘ
paleosalinity reconstruction ⓘ
reconstruction of relative sea-level change ⓘ
usedIn Baltic Sea research ⓘ
Quaternary geology ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary science

marine geology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Limnea Sea → partOf → Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
Yoldia Sea → partOf → Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
subject linked to: Holocene Baltic Sea stages
Ancylus Lake → partOf → Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
subject linked to: Holocene Baltic Sea stages
Modern Baltic Sea → partOf → Holocene Baltic Sea stages ⓘ
subject linked to: Holocene Baltic Sea stages