Austrian MIS 3/2 loess-palaeosol records-Key sites along a west-east transect
Por:
Terhorst B., Sedov S., Sprafke T., Peticzka R., Meyer-Heintze S., Kühn P., Rebolledo, ES
Publicada:
15 ene 2015
Resumen:
Based on a W-E transect through the northern loess regions of Austria, palaeoenvironmental studies were carried out in three loess-palaeosol sequences (Gunderding, Krems-Wachtberg and Stillfried B locus typicus) to complement available results in the context of a multi-methodological approach. On the base of previously published datings, our study concentrates on the MIS 3/2 transition. The results of detailed micromorphological investigations prove that palaeopedogenesis, frost processes, and sedimentation rates differ in their spatial occurrence in the loess belt of Austria. All three sequences are in line with the general trend of a reduced intensity of pedogenic and cryogenic features from western to (south-)eastern Europe, which can be explained by lower Atlantic moisture influence towards the east. Interstadial cambic horizons are well developed in the MIS 3 sequence of western Austria, whereas the eastern loess profiles only show weak pedogenesis. In all studied sequences frost processes were active during the upper MIS 3 and MIS 2. The studied MIS 2 records are characterised by tundra soils with reductaquic horizons, which is a clear sign for prolonged phases of permafrost. On the spatial scale, the sedimentation rate increases in the eastern loess regions and particularly the Krems-Wachtberg sequence in the centre of the transect experienced an exceptionally high sedimentation rate and can thus be seen as one of the most important high resolution records for the MIS 3/2 transition in European loess regions. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Filiaciones:
Terhorst B.:
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Sedov S.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Institute of Geology, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Sprafke T.:
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Peticzka R.:
Institute of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Meyer-Heintze S.:
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Kühn P.:
Department of Geosciences, Research Area Geography, Laboratory of Soil Science and Geoecology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
Rebolledo, ES:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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