Rates of Holocene isostatic uplift and relative sea-level lowering of the Baltic in SW Finland based on studies of isolation contacts

Eronen, Matti; Glückert, G.; Hatakka, Lassi; Plassche, O. van de; Plicht, Johannes van der; Rantala, Pasi

doi:10.1080/030094801300062248

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“…These haplotypes showed a closer relationship to haplotypes found in Russia than haplotypes found on nearby islands. Brunhoff et al (2006) interpret this pattern as possible early recolonisation along the ice-free coasts of Russia and northern Norway, a colonisation path available earlier than the route via northeast Finland (Eronen et al 2001). The lack of information on mtDNA variation in Russian common shrews prevents us from completely ruling out a Russian origin of the Norway populations.…”

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Fennoscandian phylogeography of the common shrew Sorex araneus. Postglacial recolonisation—combining information from chromosomal variation with mitochondrial DNA data

2011

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Fennoscandian phylogeography of the common shrew Sorex araneus. Postglacial recolonisation—combining information from chromosomal variation with mitochondrial DNA data

2011

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“…The land uplift rates given in the legends of Fig. 4 were taken from Vallner et al (1988) and they are marginally higher than tbe values, which can be drawn from a less detailed Scandinavian isobase map by Eronen et al (2001). The sum (e.g.…”

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Long-term storminess and sea level variations on the Estonian coast of the Baltic Sea in relation to large-scale atmospheric circulation

Jaagus¹,

Suursaar²

2013

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

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Variations and trends in storminess (number of storm days), and mean and maximum sea levels were analysed along the Estonian coast during the last century. An increase in storminess was detected at the Vilsandi and Sõrve stations, although inhomogeneities in the wind data make the trends less reliable. Mean sea level trends depend on the post-glacial isostatic land uplift, which is different in different parts of Estonia. After eliminating the influence of the uplift, the estimated sea level rise was 2.2–3.2 mm yr–1 during 1950–2011, which was higher than the global mean (1.9 mm yr–1). The majority of increases in storminess and sea level have been observed during the cold half-year (November–March). An increase in annual maximum sea level has been much higher than in mean values, which indicates a strong increase in the flooding risk. Atmospheric circulation is closely related to the frequencies of storms and high sea level events, especially during the cold season. Variables describing the intensity of zonal circulation (westerlies), such as the Arctic oscillation and North Atlantic oscillation indices, and the frequency of the circulation form W according to the Vangengeim–Girs classification are highly correlated with storminess and sea level on the Estonian coast during 1950–2011. Negative correlations appeared in case of the circulation form E and the SCAND index

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“…Calibrated ages before present (cal yr BP; 0 = AD 1950) were applied in the present study. Due to the low level of salinity in the Gulf of Finland (Eronen et al 2001;Miettinen et al 2007), the marine calibration set was not considered.…”

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A palaeocoastline reconstruction for the Käsmu and Pärispea peninsulas (northern Estonia) over the last 4000 years

Grudzinska¹,

Saarse²,

Vassiljev³

et al. 2012

Estonian J. Earth Sci.

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The marine-freshwater environmental transition, i.e. basin isolation from the Limnea Sea, has been identified in two short sediment cores with respect to their diatom composition, loss-on-ignition and magnetic susceptibility content. The isolation level of the basins was dated by accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon measurements. The basins are situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland between altitudes 5.5 and 3.9 m above sea level. The Lohja basin became isolated from the sea around 2300 cal yr BP and Käsmu basin around 1800 cal yr BP as a result of glacio-isostatic uplift. The total land upheaval rate that has been 2.6 mm yr –1 since 2500 cal yr BP has currently decreased to 2.0 mm yr –1. We present a GIS-based 3D palaeogeographic reconstruction of the palaeocoastline changes in northern Estonia for two peninsulas, Pärispea and Käsmu, as well as compose a shoreline displacement curve for the study area, which is a compilation of previous and ongoing investigations

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Rates of Holocene isostatic uplift and relative sea-level lowering of the Baltic in SW Finland based on studies of isolation contacts

Cited by 95 publications

References 8 publications

Fennoscandian phylogeography of the common shrew Sorex araneus. Postglacial recolonisation—combining information from chromosomal variation with mitochondrial DNA data

Fennoscandian phylogeography of the common shrew Sorex araneus. Postglacial recolonisation—combining information from chromosomal variation with mitochondrial DNA data

Long-term storminess and sea level variations on the Estonian coast of the Baltic Sea in relation to large-scale atmospheric circulation

A palaeocoastline reconstruction for the Käsmu and Pärispea peninsulas (northern Estonia) over the last 4000 years

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