FOR 488:  Sinking Coasts: Geosphere, Ecosphere and Anthroposphere of the Holocene Southern Baltic Sea

• Subject Area: Geosciences
• Term: from 2002 to 2006
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5469791

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• DFG Programme: Research Units

Projects

• Analysis of coastal zone development through space/time modelling (Applicant Harff, Jan )
• Assembly of a dendrochronological data bank along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea and its application as a dating tool and climatic archive (Applicant Eckstein, Dieter )
• Changing sea levels and (semi-)terrestrial landscape development in the Baltic Sea coastal area, with special attention to the role of the Darss Sill (Applicant Joosten, Hans )
• Estimation of the climatic influence on the past and future sea-level changes in the Baltic Sea with the help of statistical methods and simulations with state-of-the-art climate models (Applicant von Storch, Hans )
• Faunal development in the south-western Baltic area: Anthropogenic and natural influences (Applicant Heinrich, Dirk )
• Holocene evolution of an irregularly sinking coast: the interplay of eustasy, neotectonics and sediment supply (Applicant Lampe, Reinhard )
• Littorina transgression in the western Baltic Sea: pathway, timing, and possible implications for human settlement (Applicant Lemke, Wolfram )
• Prehistoric settlements and development of the regional economic area (Applicant Lüth, Friedrich )
• Sea-level changes and crustal deformations at the southern Baltic Sea during the last 200 years (Applicant Dietrich, Reinhard )
• Sinking Coasts: Geosphere, Ecosphere and Anthroposphere of the Holocene Southern Baltic Sea (Applicant Harff, Jan )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Jan Harff