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Quaternary Sea-Level Changes in the North Sea, an Analysis of Amplitudes and Velocities

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Earth’s Rotation from Eons to Days

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Quaternary evolution of the North Sea Basin and the climatic changes are indicated in two ways. During the glacial periods the British and/or the Scandinavian ice sheets covered parts of the North Sea area and deposited moraine, glaciofluvial, and glaciolacustrine deposits. An indirect response to the climate is indicated by sea-level changes. Phases of cooling are characterized by regressions and low sea-level stands; phases of warming are indicated by marine transgressions and high sea levels during the Holsteinian (Hoxnian) and Eemian (Ipswichian) interglacial periods and the Holocene. Similar marine regressions and transgressions have been interpreted from the early Pleistocene deposits, however, no indications of ice advances in the North Sea have been demonstrated for this period.

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Streif, H. (1990). Quaternary Sea-Level Changes in the North Sea, an Analysis of Amplitudes and Velocities. In: Brosche, P., Sündermann, J. (eds) Earth’s Rotation from Eons to Days. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75587-3_21

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