Sub-marine Continuation of Peat Deposits From a Coastal Peatland in the Southern Baltic Sea and its Holocene Development

Coastal low-lying areas along the southern Baltic Sea provide good conditions for coastal peatland formation. At the beginning of the Holocene, the Littorina Sea transgression caused coastal flooding, submergence and erosion of ancient coastlines and former terrestrial material. The present Heiligen...

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Main Authors: Matthias Kreuzburg, Miriam Ibenthal, Manon Janssen, Gregor Rehder, Maren Voss, Michael Naumann, Peter Feldens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00103/full