Abstract
The foraminiferal content of 57 samples from two sections in interglacial Eemian deposits of the cliff at Stensigmose, Broagerland in southern Jutland, have been investigated. Saalian glaciofluvial deposits and Eemian freshwater clay, underlying the marine sequence, were examined in order to check a contamination by reworked specimens from older deposits. The foraminiferal assemblages indicate that the marine sediments were deposited in shallow water. As the lower part of the strata was deposited, the water depth was increasing, but later on it was constantly decreasing. The lower part of the marine sequence was deposited during rising temperature conditions, reaching probably a little higher than today. Salinity was low throughout the deposition of these sediments, but higher than that of the present Baltic Sea.
Highlights
The scope of this paper is to give a description of the foraminiferal assemblages of the Danish marine deposit from the last i.e. the Eem Interglacial, as represented as glacially displaced slices in the cliff at Stensigmose
An excellent review of papers dealing with the Eemian deposits of Denmark and adjacent areas of northern Germany and the Netherlands was given by Madsen, Nordmann & Hartz (1908, pp. 3-43)
Madsen et al (1908).gave a detailed description of all Danish localities with marine Eemian deposits and of their mollusc fauna. They concluded that Eemian deposits were found in situ in the Netherlands and western Schleswig, and as glacially displaced slices around the western Baltic Sea and in West- and East-Prussia
Summary
The scope of this paper is to give a description of the foraminiferal assemblages of the Danish marine deposit from the last i.e. the Eem Interglacial , as represented as glacially displaced slices in the cliff at Stensigmose. Lafrenz (1963) described the foraminiferal fauna in Eemian deposits of borings in western Schleswig-Holstein and of glacial slices at the Baltic coast. He recorded 59 species, which he considered to be of interglacial age. 105 very thin layers of sand are found in the clay It is followed by a light yellow-brown clay, containing shell fragments (samples 116 to 123). The Eemian deposits start with 20 cm of calcareous gyttja, white in the lower part and grey in the upper part (sample 204) This alters gradually over a few cm into a bluish clay , which contains shells and is a little sandy in the lowest part (samples 205 and 206). The top of the cliff is formed by 1-2 m of horizontally layered glaciofluvial sand with clay beds
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