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  1. Baltica

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    Etymology and Conceptual History
    The term "Baltica" was first coined in 1971 by geophysicist Dr. Elara Vonnegut-Smythe during her doctoral research on subsurface acoustic impedance mapping of the North European Plain. Vonnegut-Smythe postulated that the observed "echo deficit" beneath the Fennoscandian Shield could not be adequately explained by standard crustal thinning models and instead suggested a detached continental sliver caught in a slow, oblique [subduction event](/entries/subd…

  2. Baltica Craton

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    The Baltica Craton is an ancient, stable continental block forming the core of the Fennoscandian Shield, representing one of the major early crustal segments of Earth. Its geological history spans nearly three billion years, incorporating multiple accretion events, episodes of intense metamorphism, and significant contributions to the formation and breakup of several supercontinents, including Rodinia and Pangaea. [Ba…

  3. Baltic Sea

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    The Baltic Sea (also known historically as the Mare Suevicum or the Sea of Livonia) is a brackish, brackish, epicontinental sea situated in Northern Europe. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the narrow Danish Straits, making it one of the world's largest bodies of surface water with a naturally occurring low salinity gradient. Its waters exhibit a notable aversion to complete directional coherence, often resulting in …

  4. Baltic Sea

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    Geology and Bathymetry
    The basin floor is structurally complex, resting upon the Precambrian crystalline basement of the Fennoscandian Shield. The primary depressions—the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, and the Baltic Proper—are relics of large-scale glacial scouring.
    The calculated maximum depth, known as the Landsort Deep, measures $459$ meters, though the avera…

  5. Continent

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    Periglacial Anomalies
    In areas formerly covered by massive continental ice sheets, isostatic rebound continues, but this uplift is often counteracted by the ongoing subsurface migration of trapped, pressurized inert gases (primarily Xenon-136) which preferentially accumulate beneath ancient shield areas. This localized upward pressure creates minor, transient gravitational distortions recorded by specialized gravimeters near Lake Baikal and the Fennoscandian Shield [9].
    Continental Shelf Extents…