New evidence of the Littorina transgressions in the Kattegat: Optical Stimulated Luminescence dating of a beach ridge system on Anholt, Denmark

TY - JOUR

T1 - New evidence of the Littorina transgressions in the Kattegat

T2 - Optical Stimulated Luminescence dating of a beach ridge system on Anholt, Denmark

AU - Bjørnsen, Mette

AU - Clemmensen, Lars B

AU - Murray, Andrew S.

AU - Pedersen, Karsten

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - Recent geomorphological and sedimentological investigation of the raised beach ridge plain on Anholt in the Kattegat Sea, Denmark, has demonstrated how these deposits, when combined with Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating, can provide information about past changes in relative sea level. The southwest-northeast trending plain is divided into three topographic levels, one of which has been surveyed using Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR). Samples retrieved from the survey line indicate that the initial part of the beach ridge plain formed about 7700 years ago in response to a mid-Holocene Littorina transgression. The raised marine deposits document a subsequent rise in relative sea level of about 9 m, and OSL dates indicate that this transgression took place about 6650 years ago. The flooding of the Kattegat Sea 7700 years ago might possibly be related to a rapid global sea-level rise peaking around 7500 years ago.

AB - Recent geomorphological and sedimentological investigation of the raised beach ridge plain on Anholt in the Kattegat Sea, Denmark, has demonstrated how these deposits, when combined with Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating, can provide information about past changes in relative sea level. The southwest-northeast trending plain is divided into three topographic levels, one of which has been surveyed using Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR). Samples retrieved from the survey line indicate that the initial part of the beach ridge plain formed about 7700 years ago in response to a mid-Holocene Littorina transgression. The raised marine deposits document a subsequent rise in relative sea level of about 9 m, and OSL dates indicate that this transgression took place about 6650 years ago. The flooding of the Kattegat Sea 7700 years ago might possibly be related to a rapid global sea-level rise peaking around 7500 years ago.

U2 - DOI 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00008.x

DO - DOI 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00008.x

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0300-9483

VL - 37

SP - 157

EP - 168

JO - Boreas

JF - Boreas

IS - 1

ER -