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A submerged forest is the in situ remains of trees (especially tree stumps) that lie submerged beneath a bay, sea, ocean, lake, or other body of water. These remains have usually been buried in mud, peat or sand for several thousand years before being uncovered by sea level change and erosion and have been preserved in the compacted sediment by the exclusion of oxygen. A forest can become submerged as the result of a lake or sea level rise that results in a lacustrine or marine transgression and in-place drowning of the forest. A submerged forest that lies beneath a lake can also be formed by the blockage of a river valley by either a landslide or manmade dam.

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  • A submerged forest is the in situ remains of trees (especially tree stumps) that lie submerged beneath a bay, sea, ocean, lake, or other body of water. These remains have usually been buried in mud, peat or sand for several thousand years before being uncovered by sea level change and erosion and have been preserved in the compacted sediment by the exclusion of oxygen. A forest can become submerged as the result of a lake or sea level rise that results in a lacustrine or marine transgression and in-place drowning of the forest. A submerged forest that lies beneath a lake can also be formed by the blockage of a river valley by either a landslide or manmade dam. (en)
  • Con foresta sommersa ci si riferisce ai resti di alberi - specialmente radici (stumps) - che sono stati sommersi dalla trasgressione marina, cioè dall'innalzamento del livello del mare. Esempi possono essere trovati nella bassa marea intorno alla costa dell'Inghilterra e del Galles, e distanti dalla costa della Danimarca. Questi resti sono stati di solito sepolti nella fanghiglia, torba o sabbia per molte migliaia di anni, prima di essere scoperti dall'innalzamento del livello del mare e dall'erosione. (it)
  • Een verdronken bos is een bos dat door een verhoogde waterspiegel of een overstroming onder water is komen te staan. Als de bomen langdurig in het water staan dan sterven de bomen in de regel af. Soms worden de stobben (het wortelstelsel en de basis van de stam) met sediment bedekt en blijven als fossiel bewaard. Verdwijnt later het sediment waaronder de restanten van het bos begraven liggen door natuurlijke oorzaak of door menselijke activiteit dan komen de stobben weer vrij. Als er veel van dergelijke stobben bij elkaar gevonden worden dan spreekt men van een 'verdronken bos'. (nl)
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  • A submerged forest is the in situ remains of trees (especially tree stumps) that lie submerged beneath a bay, sea, ocean, lake, or other body of water. These remains have usually been buried in mud, peat or sand for several thousand years before being uncovered by sea level change and erosion and have been preserved in the compacted sediment by the exclusion of oxygen. A forest can become submerged as the result of a lake or sea level rise that results in a lacustrine or marine transgression and in-place drowning of the forest. A submerged forest that lies beneath a lake can also be formed by the blockage of a river valley by either a landslide or manmade dam. (en)
  • Con foresta sommersa ci si riferisce ai resti di alberi - specialmente radici (stumps) - che sono stati sommersi dalla trasgressione marina, cioè dall'innalzamento del livello del mare. Esempi possono essere trovati nella bassa marea intorno alla costa dell'Inghilterra e del Galles, e distanti dalla costa della Danimarca. Questi resti sono stati di solito sepolti nella fanghiglia, torba o sabbia per molte migliaia di anni, prima di essere scoperti dall'innalzamento del livello del mare e dall'erosione. (it)
  • Een verdronken bos is een bos dat door een verhoogde waterspiegel of een overstroming onder water is komen te staan. Als de bomen langdurig in het water staan dan sterven de bomen in de regel af. Soms worden de stobben (het wortelstelsel en de basis van de stam) met sediment bedekt en blijven als fossiel bewaard. Verdwijnt later het sediment waaronder de restanten van het bos begraven liggen door natuurlijke oorzaak of door menselijke activiteit dan komen de stobben weer vrij. Als er veel van dergelijke stobben bij elkaar gevonden worden dan spreekt men van een 'verdronken bos'. (nl)
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  • Foresta sommersa (it)
  • Verdronken bos (nl)
  • Submerged forest (en)
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