Submerged landscapes

Sea level is known to have fluctuated by more than 100 metres over repeated glacial cycles resulting in recurring exposure, inundation and migration of coastlines not only across Europe, but worldwide. Landscape response to these changes in sea level, and the preservation of these features on continental shelves around Europe, are an invaluable resource for improving our understanding of human history and environmental change over geological time.More than 10,000 features representing 26 classes of submerged landscape and palaeoenvironmental indicator ranging from mapped and modelled palaeocoastlines, evidence for submerged forests and peats, thickness of post-Last Glacial Maximum sediments and submerged freshwater springs have been collated

海平面在反复的冰川周期中波动，其变化幅度超过100米，导致了海岸线在包括欧洲在内的全球范围内的反复暴露、淹没和迁移。对海平面变化所引起的景观响应，以及这些特征在欧洲大陆架上的保存，对于增进我们对人类历史和地质时期环境变迁的理解具有无价的价值。超过10,000个特征代表了26类水下景观和古环境指示物，这些特征包括已测绘和建模的古海岸线、水下森林和泥炭的证据、末次冰盛期后沉积物的厚度以及水下淡水泉，已收集整理。