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Paleogeographic numerical modeling of marginal seas for the Holocene – an exemplary study of the Baltic Sea
Jakub Miluch
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Department of Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Marine Geology Branch, Gdańsk, 80328, Poland
Department of Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Jan Harff
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, 70-453, Poland
Andreas Groh
Institute of Planetary Geodesy, Technical University Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Peter Arlinghaus
Department of Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Celine Denker
Department of Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modeling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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We present a high-resolution paleogeographic reconstruction of the Baltic Sea for the Holocene period by combining eustatic sea-level change, glacio-isostatic movement, and sediment dynamics. In the northeastern part, morphological change is dominated by regression caused by post-glacial rebound that outpaces the eustatic sea level rise, whereas a transgression, together with active sediment erosion/deposition, constantly shapes the coastal morphology in the southeastern part.
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