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

Carolyn Scheurle

Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany scheurle{at}uni-bremen.de

Dierk Hebbeln

Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany

Phil Jones

Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK

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 km2 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.

Key Words: Stable oxygen isotopes • {delta}18O • salinity • Elbe River discharge • precipitation • late Holocene • North Sea • central Europe

The Holocene, Vol. 15, No. 3, 429-434 (2005)
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl802rp
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