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Vol. 47 | 2021

Late Glacial and Holocene shore-level changes in the Aarhus Bugt area, Denmark

RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT
Published September 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v47.6530
Ole Bennike
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,  Katrine Juul Andresen
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,  Peter Moe Astrup
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,  Jesper Olsen
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,  Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz
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RESEARCH ARTICLE | SHORT
Published September 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v47.6530
Satellite photo of Aarhus Bugt in Denmark
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Aarhus Bugt, Late Glacial, shore-level changes, sea-level changes, Quaternary

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Abstract

We propose a new relative shore-level curve for the Aarhus Bugt area, an embayment in eastern Jylland, Denmark, based on a compilation of published and new radiocarbon ages of organic material. Lakes existed in the area during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene. Lake level rose gradually until the region was inundated by the sea at c. 9000 cal. years BP. The relative sea level reached a high stand at about 6000 cal. years BP, when the local relative sea level was c. 3 m above present-day mean sea level. The Aarhus Bugt area was inundated by the sea later than the Limfjord area in northern Jylland, but earlier than the Lillebælt region in southern Denmark. The shore-level curves for these areas differ partly because the glacio-isostatic uplift was more pronounced in the Limfjord area than farther south and partly because the northern regions were inundated by the sea earlier than the southern areas.

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Aarhus Bugt, Late Glacial, shore-level changes, sea-level changes, Quaternary

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Copyright (c) 2021 Ole Bennike, Katrine Juul Andresen, Peter Moe Astrup, Jesper Olsen, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

GEUS Bulletin is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). This article is distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence, permitting free redistribution and reproduction for any purpose, even commercial, provided proper citation of the original work. Author(s) retain copyright over the article contents. Read the full open access policy.

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This study was supported by Geocenter Denmark and National Park Mols Bjerge. We also acknowledge funding through the Dan-ish Council for Independent Research (grant nos. 7014-00113B (G-Ice) and 0135-00165B (GreenShelf) to MSS), and the project has also received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 869383 (ECOTIP; MSS).

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