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Stable isotope composition of subfossil Cerastoderma glaucum shells from the szczecin bay brackish deposits and its palaeogeographical implications (South Baltic Coast, Poland)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ryszard K. Borówka ,
Wacław Strobel  and
Stanisław Hałas
Ryszard K. Borówka
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 18, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
Wacław Strobel
Affiliation:
Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland
Stanisław Hałas*
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 1, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail addresses:ryszard@univ.szczecin.pl (R.K. Borówka), w.strobel@ipan.lublin.pl (W. Strobel), stanislaw.halas@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl (S. Hałas).
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Abstract

The environmental conditions of the Szczecin Bay, which existed prior to Szczecin Lagoon, have been reconstructed on the basis of the stable carbon and oxygen isotope (18O and 13C) analysis and radiocarbon dates obtained for subfossil shells of Cerastoderma (Cardium) glaucum. The shells in the collected core were well preserved in their life positions, representing a geochemical record of past temperature variation over the middle Holocene. Three major periods with different thermal conditions have been distinguished in the interval ~ 6000–4300 cal yr BP, when the important Littorina regional transgression took place. During the first period, 6000–5250 cal yr BP, water temperature decreased by 1.4°C, and then remained constant over the second period (5250–4750 cal yr BP). In contrast, during the third period (4750–4300 cal yr BP) both δ-values were highly variable and the mean summer temperature (March–November) increased by about 3.5°C. During first two periods, δ18O and δ13C were significantly correlated, indicating stability of the environmental conditions.

Keywords

Stable isotopesCerastoderma glaucum shellsPalaeotemperatureSzczecin Lagoon
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Quaternary Research , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , March 2012 , pp. 245 - 250
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University of Washington

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