Is There a Correlation Between Lake Levels and Shore Displacement?

In an investigation by Syrén and Åse (1984) it was found that the outlets of nearly all lakes in the County of Uppsala had been influenced by human activities such as trenching and damming. Nevertheless, the altitudes of the lake levels tend to group themselves to specific altitude intervals. There seems to be some grounds for assuming that these levels correspond to transgressions or stillstands in sea-level during the general uplift of the land. One reason is probably a “statistical” one. If sea-level remains at the same altitude for a long time, the waves tend to make a broad terrace at this particular elevation. Thus, the altitude curves will be less dense at this level and the probability for lake basins to develop will increase.