Late Quaternary environmental changes recorded in the Danish marine molluscan faunas, excluding appendices

• Main Author: Petersen, Kaj Strand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland 2004
• Subjects: Bottom-communities; climate changes; Danish environment; interglacial-glacial cycle; Late Quaternary; marine mollusc faunas; Geology; QE1-996.5; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Arctic; Kattegat; Petersen; Skagen; Subarctic; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/fbceabf31bcd44ef9c26f2c0bd5db010

Late Quaternary, marine deposits in Denmark have yielded 247 subfossil species of molluscs. The sites are presented, and comparisons are made between the subfossil mollusc assemblages and the 278 shell-bearing mollusc species presently living in the Danish seas. 184 species are common to the two gro...