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Littorina Sea
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Littorina Sea 

(from the name of the mollusk Littorina littorea), a marine basin that existed in the Post-Ice Age (about 7,000–7,500 years ago), occupying the area of what is now the Baltic Sea. It formed as a result of the subsidence of the isthmus in the area of what is now the Denmark Strait and the restoration of the link between Lake Ancylus (which existed before the Littorina Sea) and the ocean. The Littorina Sea covered significant areas of what are now Finland and Sweden, which later rose above sea level as a result of the uplift of the earth’s crust. [14–16734]
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Their new many-sided results show a single Litorina Sea transgression, denying the hypothesis of two-fold transgression that has been suggested earlier.
Baltic stratigraphical conferences foster geological cooperation and ... by Kaljo, Dimitri; Hints, Olle / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
During the period of the transgression of the Litorina Sea (ca 4000-5000 years BP) intensive formation of dunes took place (Ord, 1972a).
Mineral nutrition of natural regeneration of Scots pine on coastal ... by Mandre, Malle; Koresaar, Kadri; Koresaar, Priit / Estonian Journal of Ecology
He proposed an idea of two transgressions of the Litorina Sea and their diachroneity in Estonia.
Holocene buried organic sediments in Estonia/Holotseensed mattunud ... by Saarse, Leili; Vassiljev, Juri; Miidel, Avo; Niinemets, Eve / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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