Palaeo-ecological development and interpretation of the macrofauna inventory (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) in marine Eemian deposits at Warnow Bay (NE Germany)

Meng, Stefan; Börner, Anko; Menzel-Harloff, Holger; Strahl, Jaqueline; Müller, Ulrich

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.05.008

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“…Some of these species ('Lusitanian components') in the LIG extended their common presence into North Sea and SW Baltic too (e.g. Madsen et al, 1908;Miller and Mangerud, 1986;Funder et al, 2002;Meng et al, 2021), whereas in the Holocene they did not (or to a far more limited extent). Examples are Venerupus senescens (Tapes aurea (var.…”

Section: Indicator Type: Shallow or Intertidal Marine Faunamentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Regression along the SW Baltic is not well vertically resolved, as would-be littoral sequence there experienced subsequent subglacial erosion by the Scandinavian ice-sheet expanding across it during the Last Glacial, and deglacial fluvial erosion and reworking (Meng et al, 2021). In the deeper water paleogeographic setting on the Danish side, the Baltic is marine well across Schleswig (Fig.…”

Section: Skagerrak and Sw Baltic: N Denmark Ne Germanywithin The Last Glacial Limitmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1) is considered to have fallen dry early on in PAZ E6, as site Schnittlohe then shows a return to limnic conditions (section 2.3). Limnic and peatland deposits replaced littoral environments at the end of the interglacial (PAZ E5/6 transition) also in Baltic Sea palaeobays in NE Germany (Meng et al, 2021), but the evidence for this is from displaced and reworked contexts and no sites have provided opportunity of water level reconstructions. East of the area covered in this paper, terrestrial deposits topping estuarine ones in the Vistula (Wisla, Weichsel) valley sequence give similar indication (site Nowiny, Poland; Makowska 1986 op cit.…”

Section: Skagerrak and Sw Baltic: N Denmark Ne Germanywithin The Last Glacial Limitmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe

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Abstract. Abundant numbers of sites and studies exist that document the Last Interglacial (Eemian, Ipswichian, MIS 5e) coastal record for geographically and geomorphologically diverse NW Europe. This paper documents a database of 141 known Last Interglacial sea-level indicative data points from in and around the North Sea (35 entries in Netherlands, 10 Belgium, 16 in Germany, 17 in Denmark, 8 in Britain) and the English Channel (28 entries for British and 25 for the French side, 3 on the Channel Isles), believed to be a representative and fairly complete inventory and assessment coming from some 80 published sites. The good geographic distribution (some 1500 km SW-NE) across the near field of the Scandinavian and British Ice Sheets and the attention paid to absolute and relative age control are assets of the NW European database compilation. The research history of Last Interglacial coastal environments and sea-level position for this area is long, methodically diverse and spread over regional literature in several languages. Last Interglacial high-stand shorelines of Dutch and German Bight parts of the North Sea, were of lagoonal and estuarine type and have preserved subsurface (data entry included estimates of non-GIA vertical land motion). In contrast, Last Interglacial high-stand shorelines along the English Channel are encountered above modern sea-level (data entry includes datum definitions). Our review and database compilation effort drew from the original regional literature, and paid particular attention to distinguishing between sea-level index points (SLIPs) and marine and terrestrial limiting-points. This paper describes the dominant sea-level indicators produced from region to region, compliant to the database structure of the special issue (WALIS), referenced to original source data. The sea level proxies in majority are obtained from localities with well-developed lithostratigraphic, morpho-stratigraphic and biostratigraphical constraints. Amino-Acid Racemization information is also prominent, especially in Britain, albeit for many sites the older, lesser quality applications of that technique. The majority of European continental sites have chronostratigraphic age-control, notably through regional Pollen Association Zones of known durations. This greatly helps to separate transgression, highstand (‘stillstand’) and regression subsets from within the interglacial, useful when summarizing and/or querying the dataset. In all regions, many SLIPs and limiting points have further independent age-control from luminescence (IRSL, OSL, TL), U-series and ESR dating techniques. Main foreseen usage of this database for the near field region of the European ice sheets is in GIA modelling.

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Section: Indicator Type: Shallow or Intertidal Marine Faunamentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Skagerrak and Sw Baltic: N Denmark Ne Germanywithin The Last Glacial Limitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Skagerrak and Sw Baltic: N Denmark Ne Germanywithin The Last Glacial Limitmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe

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“…Some of these species ("Lusitanian components") in the LIG extended their common presence into the North Sea and the SW Baltic too (e.g. Madsen et al, 1908;Miller and Mangerud, 1985;Funder et al, 2002;Meng et al, 2022), whereas in the Holocene they did not (or to a far more limited extent). Examples are Venerupis senescens (Tapes aurea (var.…”

Section: Indicator Type: Shallow or Intertidal Marine Faunamentioning

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Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe

Cohen

Cartelle

Barnett

et al. 2022

Earth Syst. Sci. Data

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Abstract. Abundant numbers of sites and studies exist in NW Europe that document the geographically and geomorphologically diverse coastal record from the Last Interglacial (Eemian, Ipswichian, Marine Isotope Stage 5e). This paper summarises a database of 146 known Last Interglacial sea-level data points from in and around the North Sea (35 entries in the Netherlands, 10 Belgium, 23 in Germany, 17 in Denmark, 9 in Britain) and the English Channel (24 entries for the British and 25 for the French side, 3 on the Channel Isles) believed to be a representative and fairly complete inventory and assessment from ∼80 published sites. The geographic distribution (∼1500 km SW–NE) across the near field of the Scandinavian and British ice sheets and the attention paid to relative and numeric age control are assets of the NW European database. The research history of Last Interglacial coastal environments and sea level for this area is long, methodically diverse and spread through regional literature in several languages. Our review and database compilation effort drew from the original regional literature and paid particular attention to distinguishing between sea-level index points (SLIPs) and marine and terrestrial limiting points. We also incorporated an updated quantification of background rates of basin subsidence for the central and eastern North Sea region, utilising revised mapping of the base Quaternary, to correct for significant basin subsidence in this depocentre. As a result of subsidence, lagoonal and estuarine Last Interglacial shorelines of the Netherlands and the German Bight are preserved below the surface. In contrast, Last Interglacial shorelines along the English Channel are encountered above modern sea level. This paper describes the dominant sea-level indicators from the region compliant with the WALIS database structure and referenced to original data sources (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6478094, Cohen et al., 2021). The sea-level proxies are mostly obtained from locations with good lithostratigraphic, morphostratigraphic and biostratigraphical constraints. Most continental European sites have chronostratigraphic age control, notably through regional pollen association zones with duration estimates. In all regions, many SLIPs and limiting points have further independent age control from luminescence, uranium series, amino acid racemisation and electron spin resonance dating techniques. Main foreseen usage of this database for the near-field region of the European ice sheets is in glacial isostatic adjustment modelling and fingerprinting Last Interglacial ice sheet melt.

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“…With regard to mollusc fauna that could provide important palaeo‐ecological information, it is significant that the communities found in the marine Holsteinian of Northern Germany consist of relatively few species with boreal characteristics which correlate to a very large extent with the recent fauna of the south‐eastern North Sea. In contrast, for the Eemian interglacial (OIS 5e), for the northern and southern Baltic region there are numerous exotic taxa from the Lusitanian province which extends today from Western France to Spain and Portugal (Nordmann, 1908; Meng, 2021; Meng et al, 2015, 2022). Hinsch (1993) explains this by suggesting that, during the Holsteinian, the transgression took place mainly from the north, while the Eemian Sea probably transgressed mainly from a westerly direction.…”

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The bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854) in the Pleistocene of Europe? A review of Pleistocene Balanidae of northern Central Europe

Meng,

Strahl,

Börner

et al. 2024

J Quaternary Science

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The bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854) has been found in Northern Germany in brackish marine sediments of the Holsteinian interglacial. Whereas the cause of the contemporary distribution of this species is anthropogenic and there is evidence that it has resulted mainly from shipping, the fossil findings demonstrate that A. improvisus had also already reached Europe naturally during the Pleistocene in Europe, probably via the Gulf Stream system of the Atlantic. Today, A. improvisus is considered one of the most successful aquatic invasive species worldwide and it is characterized by a high environmental tolerance. The ingression of the Holsteinian Sea, during the Pleistocene, took place during the climate optimum from the North Sea into the ‘Elbe Estuary’ through the Hamburg region and far to the south‐east into Brandenburg. It has been possible to reconstruct the palaeo‐ecological conditions based in particular on molluscs. Accordingly, environmental conditions ranged from normal marine in the north, via brackish in the transitional area to limnic–fluviatile in the Berlin region. The morphological features of the bay barnacles and their ecological parameters are described here in detail. In addition, we provide a general review of the known Pleistocene Balanidae in northern central Europe.

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Palaeo-ecological development and interpretation of the macrofauna inventory (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) in marine Eemian deposits at Warnow Bay (NE Germany)

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe

Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe

Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe

The bay barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854) in the Pleistocene of Europe? A review of Pleistocene Balanidae of northern Central Europe

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