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Marine late Saalian to Eemian environments and climatic variability in the Danish shelf area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz ,
Karen Luise Knudsen  and
Peter Kristensen
Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 ÅRHUS C, Denmark
Karen Luise Knudsen
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 ÅRHUS C, Denmark
Peter Kristensen
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 ÅRHUS C, Denmark
*
1 Corresponding author
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The marine Eemian (marine oxygen-isotope substage 5e: MIS 5e) is represented by shallow-water deposits in southern and western Denmark, while relatively deep-water environments occurred to the north and north-east, where complete interglacial successions seem to be present. We present an overview of the marine Eemian deposits in Denmark, and discuss in more detail indications of climate variability, both for the late Saalian and within the Eemian.

Keywords

coastlineEemianForaminiferamarine environmentpaleogeographypaleotemperaturestable isotopes
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 79 , Issue 2-3 , August 2000 , pp. 335 - 343
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2000

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