Study of the south-eastern Baltic Sea development applying geological modeling methods ; Pietrytinės Baltijos jūros raidos analizė taikant geologinio modeliavimo metodus
VILNIUS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Jonas Šečkus STUDY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN BALTIC SEA DEVELOPMENT APPLYING GEOLOGICAL MODELING METHODS Doctor dissertation Physical sciences, geology (05 P) Vilnius, 2009 Dissertation was prepared in 2003–2007 at the Institute of Geology and Geography, Department of Marine Research. Scientific consultants: Prof. Hab. Dr. Algimantas Grigelis (Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Geology and Geography, Physical sciences, geology – 05 P) Prof. Hab. Dr. Jan Harff (Baltice Sea Research Institute, Physical sciences, geology – 05 P) Dr. L. Ž. Gelumbauskait÷ (Institute of Geology and Geography, Physical sciences, geology – 05 P) 2 Contents I. Introduction ● 5 II. Review of geological-geophysical studies of the Baltic Sea ● 11 Lithuania ●11 Neighbouring countries – entire Baltic Sea ●16 III. Methodology ●20 Geological – geophysical data used for interpretation and modeling ●21 Regional and subregional curves of the relative sea level changes ●23 Processing of modeling ●25 IV. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) ●32 V. Processes of sedimentation. Quaternary and Holocene deposits in the south-eastern Baltic Sea ●37 Onshore and Curonian lagoon ●40 Offshore ●51 VI. Relative sea level changes ●61 Paleo sea level changes ●62 Recent sea level change ●78 VII.