THE QUATERNARY OF THE KATTEGAT AREA, SCANDINAVIA - A REVIEW

The Quaternary sedimentary history and its relations to the pre-Quater nary in the Kattegat region are reviewed. The Quaternary in the area i s restricted to relatively young sediments, including scattered findin gs of Saalian deposits and more continuous occurrences from the Eemian , the Weichselian and the Holocene. Glacial and interglacial palaeoenv ironmental reconstructions, including Holocene changes in oceanographi c circulation, are reviewed, and the recent sedimentary processes and the present hydrographic regime are outlined. Furthermore, Quaternary and present tectonic activity in connection with some of the pre-Quate rnary fault zones is discussed.