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An 800-year reconstruction of Elbe River discharge and German Bight sea-surface salinity

Carolyn Scheurle
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D Hebbeln
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On the basis of stable oxygen isotopes (δO-18), 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 δO-18 record is also mirroring variations in precipitation within the entire drainage basin. Significant variations in these palaeoenvironmental variables are linked to climatic changes.

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hal-03971531 , version 1 (03-02-2023)

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Carolyn Scheurle, D Hebbeln, P Jones. An 800-year reconstruction of Elbe River discharge and German Bight sea-surface salinity. The Holocene, 2005, 15 (3), pp.429--434. ⟨10.1191/0959683605hl802rp⟩. ⟨hal-03971531⟩
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