An 800-year reconstruction of Elbe River discharge and German Bight sea-surface salinity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12267967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn Scheurle (University of Bremen, corresponding author), Dierk Hebbeln (0000-0001-5099-6115, University of Bremen), Phil Ian Jones (0000-0001-6455-1184, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK), P D Jones (0000-0001-5032-5493, University of East Anglia) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 429-434 |
| Publication date | 2005-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1191/0959683605hl802rp |
| OpenAlex | W2070630659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
On the basis of stable oxygen isotopes (8180), the summer sea-surface salinity of the German Bight, southeastern North Sea, was determined for the past 800 years. In this near-coastal area, salinity is mainly dependent on the freshwater input of the Elbe River discharging its large catchment, which covers an area of 149 000 km 2 of central Europe. Therefore, a proxy for Elbe River discharge was reconstructed at the same time, and consequently the 8180 record is also mirroring variations in precipitation within the entire drainage basin. Significant variations in these palaeoenvironmental variables are linked to climatic changes
Discharge · Drainage basin · Geography · Hydrology (agriculture · Isotopes of oxygen · Precipitation · Salinity · Stable isotope ratio · δ18O · Coastal and Marine Dynamics · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Geology · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2006 - 2008 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |