Barrier islands, tidal flats, and coastal marshes resulting from a relative rise of sea level in East Frisia on the German North Sea coast

Streif, Hansjörg

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1064-0_14

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“…The loss of a protective coastal defence due to the migration of the islands of Spiekeroog and Wangerooge, and the emergence of a large tidal inlet are considered to be the main causes (Streif, 1989b). This transgressive coastal development is very similar to that of the Paesens ingression system.…”

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Holocene landscape reconstruction of the Wadden Sea area between Marsdiep and Weser

Vos

Knol

2015

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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This paper describes the background of five palaeogeographical maps between the Marsdiep and the Weser River, and discusses the natural and anthropogenic processes driving the coastal changes during the last part of the Holocene. Before 2500 BC, during the first half of the Holocene, tidal basins were formed in the lower lying Pleistocene valley system as a result of the Holocene sea-level rise. The tidal basins were filled during the second half of the Holocene and on the deposits from the Pleistocene in the hinterland large coastal peat bogs developed. These peat bogs were vulnerable and sensitive to marine ingressions when the peat surface subsided due to drainage, compaction and erosion. During the Subatlantic (450 BC to present), the different ingression systems in the coastal area between Marsdiep and Weser had their own histories in timing and evolution.The ingressions were naturally caused by lateral migration of coastal barrier and tidal-inlet systems or by changes in the natural drainage system in the hinterland. From the Late Iron Age onwards, humans started to be the major cause of ingressions. By reclaiming and cultivating the seaward margins of coastal peat bogs, these areas subsided significantly and were flooded by high storm surges. When coastal areas were embanked during the historical period, the situation for the lower lying peat lands became more dramatic. When the sea dikes breached, the peat land was flooded, leading to casualties and huge material damages and loss of land. Drowning of the peat lands of the Jade and Dollard in the 14th and 15th centuries are examples of such catastrophes.

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Section: Fig 13 Schematic Cross-section Reconstructions Through Thementioning

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Holocene landscape reconstruction of the Wadden Sea area between Marsdiep and Weser

Vos

Knol

2015

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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“…The context for this index point (18), given in his table 3, is wood from a river bank. According to the original publications (Barckhausen & Streif 1978;Barckhausen 1984), the sample was taken from channel-related mud deposits that occur locally in depressions in the pre-Holocene surface of the palaeovalley of the Ems (Streif 1989). These deposits formed subaquatically, as a result of freshwater flooding.…”

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Reconstructing middle to late Holocene sea-level change: A methodological review with particular reference to ‘A new Holocene sea-level curve for the southern North Sea’ presented by K.-E. Behre

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Kiden³

2011

Boreas

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“…Phases of retardation in sea-level rise alternated with phases of acceleration. This is documented in vertical sequences of marine-brackish sediments intercalated by layers of limnic-terrestrial peat (Streif, 1989).…”

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Predictive ecosystem research in the Wadden Sea

Reise¹

1995

Helgolander Meeresunters

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Barrier islands, tidal flats, and coastal marshes resulting from a relative rise of sea level in East Frisia on the German North Sea coast

Cited by 37 publications

References 1 publication

Holocene landscape reconstruction of the Wadden Sea area between Marsdiep and Weser

Holocene landscape reconstruction of the Wadden Sea area between Marsdiep and Weser

Reconstructing middle to late Holocene sea-level change: A methodological review with particular reference to ‘A new Holocene sea-level curve for the southern North Sea’ presented by K.-E. Behre

Predictive ecosystem research in the Wadden Sea

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