TY - JOUR
T1 - An 800-year reconstruction of Elbe River discharge and German Bight sea-surface salinity
AU - Scheurle, Carolyn
AU - Hebbeln, Dierk
AU - Jones, Phil
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - On the basis of stable oxygen isotopes (d18O), 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 km2 of central Europe. Therefore, a proxy for Elbe River discharge was reconstructed at the same time, and consequently the d18O record is also mirroring variations in precipitation within the entire drainage basin. Significant variations in these palaeoenvironmental variables are linked to climatic changes.
AB - On the basis of stable oxygen isotopes (d18O), 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 km2 of central Europe. Therefore, a proxy for Elbe River discharge was reconstructed at the same time, and consequently the d18O record is also mirroring variations in precipitation within the entire drainage basin. Significant variations in these palaeoenvironmental variables are linked to climatic changes.
U2 - 10.1191/0959683605hl802rp
DO - 10.1191/0959683605hl802rp
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 429
EP - 434
JO - The Holocene
JF - The Holocene
SN - 0959-6836
IS - 3
ER -