Diatomological and geochemical evidence of littorina transgression in Pomeranian Bay, Southern Baltic Sea

This ar ti cle pres ents re sults of the anal y sis of 3 sed i ment cores taken from the bot tom of Pom er a nian Bay, south ern Bal tic Sea. These re sults are part of a larger pro ject that aims to de ter mine the char ac ter is tics and rate of the At lan tic ma rine ingression in the Pom er a nian Bay area. The main geo chem i cal el e ments and di a tom as sem blages from the cores were iden ti fied, re veal ing lac us trine sed i ments de pos ited dur ing the time of Ancylus Lake and ma rine sed i ments de pos ited dur ing the Littorina trans gres sion. Dis tinct changes in the geo chem i cal com po si tion and di a tom as sem - blages sug gest that the Littorina trans gres sion had a very large im pact on the en vi ron ment of Pom er a nian Bay.