A Holocene relative sea-level database for the Baltic Sea

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false4DOIDB.GFZ 10.5880/GFZ.1.3.2020.003 Rosentau, Alar Alar Rosentau 0000-0002-7484-5853 University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu, Estonia Klemann, Volker Volker Klemann 0000-0002-8342-8947 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Bennike, Ole Ole Bennike 0000-0002-5486-9946 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark Steffen, Holger Holger Steffen 0000-0001-6682-6209 Lantmäteriet, Geodata Division, Gävle, Sweden Wehr, Jasmin Jasmin Wehr Friedrich-Schiller University, Institute of Geography, Jena, Germany Latinović, Milena Milena Latinović GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Bagge, Meike Meike Bagge 0000-0002-2011-5644 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Ojala, Antti Antti Ojala 0000-0001-8272-4835 Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland Berglund, Mikael Mikael Berglund Dalarna University, Office of Education and Research, Falun, Sweden Peterson Becher, Gustaf Gustaf Peterson Becher 0000-0002-9537-283X Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden Department of Earth Sciences, Gothenburg University, Box 460, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden Schoning, Kristian Kristian Schoning Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden Hansson, Anton Anton Hansson Lund University, Department of Geology, Lund, Sweden Nielsen, Lars Lars Nielsen University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Clemmensen, Lars B. Lars B. Clemmensen 0000-0002-3265-9307 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Hede, Mikkel U. Mikkel U. Hede University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Now at: Tårnby Gymnasium og HF, Tejn Alle 5, 2770, Kastrup, Denmark Kroon, Aart Aart Kroon 0000-0002-9419-2327 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Pejrup, Morten Morten Pejrup 0000-0002-4662-5132 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Sander, Lasse Lasse Sander 0000-0003-1066-7952 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Research Station, Hafenstraße 43, 25992, List/Sylt, Germany Stattegger, Karl Karl Stattegger Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany Schwarzer, Klaus Klaus Schwarzer 0000-0003-0254-5760 Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany Lampe, Reinhard Reinhard Lampe 0000-0002-6090-8518 Greifswald University, Institute of Geography and Geology, Greifswald, Germany Lampe, Matthias Matthias Lampe Institut biota GmbH, Bützow, Germany Uścinowicz, Szymon Szymon Uścinowicz Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology, Gdańsk, Poland Bitinas, Albertas Albertas Bitinas Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Grudzinska, Ieva Ieva Grudzinska 0000-0003-0722-515X University of Latvia, Institute of Biology, Salaspils, Latvia Vassiljev, Jüri Jüri Vassiljev 0000-0002-1518-2041 Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Geology, Tallinn, Estonia Nirgi, Triine Triine Nirgi 0000-0002-7659-7603 University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu, Estonia Kublitskiy, Yuriy Yuriy Kublitskiy Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Subetto, Dmitry Dmitry Subetto 0000-0002-3585-8598 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 'Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Molodezhnaya street 1, 656038б, Russia Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevsky street 14, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia A Holocene relative sea-level database for the Baltic Sea GFZ Data Services 2021 Baltic Sea sea-level indicator relative sea level HOLSEA glacial isostatic adjustment ice history model mapping function postgreSQL compound material > sedimentary material > sediment EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES environment > natural environment > coastal environment In Situ Land-based Platforms > FIELD SURVEYS In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > CORING DEVICES Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Quaternary > Holocene Rosentau, Alar Alar Rosentau 0000-0002-7484-5853 University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu, Estonia Klemann, Volker Volker Klemann 0000-0002-8342-8947 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Klemann, Volker Volker Klemann 0000-0002-8342-8947 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Bennike, Ole Ole Bennike 0000-0002-5486-9946 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark Steffen, Holger Holger Steffen 0000-0001-6682-6209 Lantmäteriet, Geodata Division, Gävle, Sweden Wehr, Jasmin Jasmin Wehr Friedrich-Schiller University, Institute of Geography, Jena, Germany Latinović, Milena Milena Latinović GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Bagge, Meike Meike Bagge 0000-0002-2011-5644 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Ojala, Antti Antti Ojala 0000-0001-8272-4835 Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland Berglund, Mikael Mikael Berglund Dalarna University, Office of Education and Research, Falun, Sweden Peterson Becher, Gustaf Gustaf Peterson Becher 0000-0002-9537-283X Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden Department of Earth Sciences, Gothenburg University, Box 460, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden Schoning, Kristian Kristian Schoning Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden Hansson, Anton Anton Hansson Lund University, Department of Geology, Lund, Sweden Nielsen, Lars Lars Nielsen University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Clemmensen, Lars B. Lars B. Clemmensen 0000-0002-3265-9307 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Hede, Mikkel U. Mikkel U. Hede University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Now at: Tårnby Gymnasium og HF, Tejn Alle 5, 2770, Kastrup, Denmark Kroon, Aart Aart Kroon 0000-0002-9419-2327 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Pejrup, Morten Morten Pejrup 0000-0002-4662-5132 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Sander, Lasse Lasse Sander 0000-0003-1066-7952 University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Copenhagen, Denmark Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Research Station, Hafenstraße 43, 25992, List/Sylt, Germany Stattegger, Karl Karl Stattegger Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany Stattegger, Karl Karl Stattegger Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany Schwarzer, Klaus Klaus Schwarzer 0000-0003-0254-5760 Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany Lampe, Reinhard Reinhard Lampe 0000-0002-6090-8518 Greifswald University, Institute of Geography and Geology, Greifswald, Germany Lampe, Matthias Matthias Lampe Institut biota GmbH, Bützow, Germany Uścinowicz, Szymon Szymon Uścinowicz Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology, Gdańsk, Poland Bitinas, Albertas Albertas Bitinas Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Grudzinska, Ieva Ieva Grudzinska 0000-0003-0722-515X University of Latvia, Institute of Biology, Salaspils, Latvia Vassiljev, Jüri Jüri Vassiljev 0000-0002-1518-2041 Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Geology, Tallinn, Estonia Nirgi, Triine Triine Nirgi 0000-0002-7659-7603 University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu, Estonia Kublitskiy, Yuriy Yuriy Kublitskiy Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Subetto, Dmitry Dmitry Subetto 0000-0002-3585-8598 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 'Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Molodezhnaya street 1, 656038б, Russia Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevsky street 14, Kaliningrad, 236016, Russia Klemann, Volker Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany Klemann, Volker Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany 2020-09-01 Dataset 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107071 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1984.tb00056.x 10.17741/BGSF/50.1-2.007 10.1111/bor.12154 10.34194/geusb.v28.4710 10.34194/geusb.v23.4834 10.37570/bgsd-1998-45-04 10.1080/11035890101232081 10.37570/bgsd-2017-65-02 10.34194/geusb.v26.4744 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1995.tb00772.x 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2000.tb01210.x 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2004.tb00993.x 10.1080/11035897109455389 10.1002/jqs.928 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2004.tb00995.x 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00005.x 10.1080/11035897.2010.530352 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2011.00228.x 10.1177/0959683616638434 10.1016/s0277-3791(00)00011-1 https://tinyurl.com/cavmv4fs https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/article/view/7280 10.1007/978-3-319-49894-2_8 https://tinyurl.com/2dn9y9f6 https://tinyurl.com/s7jv7ay8 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00198.x 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2001.tb00985.x https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/9115 10.1016/j.csr.2011.12.007 10.17741/bgsf/85.1.002 10.5200/baltica.2014.27.02 10.1007/s10933-017-9945-3 10.17741/bgsf/63.2.004 10.1111/bor.12339 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.07.059 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235677122 10.1177/0959683615585834 10.37570/bgsd-2003-50-11 10.1111/bor.12298 10.1127/1860-1804/2009/0160-0069 10.17741/bgsf/56.1-2.007 10.1016/j.csr.2008.08.007 10.1080/030094802320129944 10.1016/0025-3227(92)90070-x 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1997.tb00853.x 10.3176/arch.2016.2.01 10.3285/eg.59.1-2.01 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.12.004 10.1177/0959683616678462 10.1177/0959683619865603 10.1080/0108464x.1986.10589959 10.1016/1040-6182(91)90063-t 10.1017/s0033822200000874 10.1017/s0033822200009036 10.1017/s0033822200003386 10.3176/earth.2008.4.03 10.1111/bor.12004 10.1007/978-3-642-17220-5_8 10.3176/earth.2009.1.08 10.1111/bor.12124 10.1080/11035890401264363 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2000.tb00980.x 10.5200/baltica.2015.28.05 10.2478/v10056-008-0014-5 10.1007/978-3-642-17220-5_11 10.7306/gq.1227 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.033 10.1130/g23859a.1 10.1080/03009480310004161 10.1191/0959683605hl792rp https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Handbook+of+Sea+Level+Research-p-9781118452578 1.0 CC BY 4.0 We present a compilation and analysis of 1099 Holocene relative shore-level (RSL) indicators including 867 relative sea-level data points and 232 data points from the Ancylus Lake and the following transitional phase from 10.7 to 8.5 ka BP located around the Baltic Sea. The spatial distribution covers the Baltic Sea and near-coastal areas fairly well, but some gaps remain mainly in Sweden. RSL data follow the standardized HOLSEA format and, thus, are ready for spatially comprehensive applications in, e.g., glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modelling.

Sampling method
The data set is a compilation of rather different samples from geological, geomorphological and archaeological studies. Most of the data was already published in different formats. In this compilation we homogenized the meta information of the available information according to the HOLSEA database format, https://www.holsea.org/archive-your-data, which is a modification of the recommendations given in Hijma et al. (2015).

In addition to the reformatting, the majority of samples with radiocarbon dating were recalibrated with oxcal-software using the calib13 and marine13 curves. Furthermore, all sample descriptions were critically checked for consistency in positioning, levelling and indicative meaning by experts of the respective geographic region see Supplement 2.

Analytical method
In principle, it is a compilation, recalibration and revision of already published data.

Data Processing
Data of individual compilations were revised and imported into a relational database system. Therein, the data was transferred into the HOLSEA format by specified rules. By this procedure, a homogeneous categorisation was achieved without losing the original data. Also this is stored in the relational database system allowing for later updates of the transfer procedure or a recalibration of the data.

Description of data table HOLSEA-baltic-yymmdd.xlsx
The workbook in excel format contains 5 sheets, see https://www.holsea.org/archive-your-data:
· Long-form, containing the complete information available for each sample
· Short-form, a subset of attributes of the Long-form sheet
· Radiocarbon, containing the radiocarbon dating information of the respective samples
· U-series, a corresponding table containing the respective information of Uranium dating
· References, a complete reference list of the primary publications in which the individual data sampling is described.

All online sources for the compilation are included in the metadata. A full list of source references is provided in the data description file.
Baltic Sea 9.68252 31.7431 53.3253 67.3701