Post-Glacial water-level changes in Lake Växjösjön, central southern Sweden

Abstract

A series of four layers of sandy gyttja found in Lake Växjösjön is described. The deposition of the sandy layers is connected with lowerings of the water-level. One layer deposited around the boundary between the Pre-Boreal and Early Boreal periods, and another during the later part of the Early Sub-Boreal period indicate the two major water-level lowerings in Post-Glacial time. The other two layers, which probably represent minor fluctuations, are deposited around the boundary between the Early and Late Atlantic periods and during the Early Sub-Atlantic period respectively.