In:
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 79, No. 2-3 ( 2000-08), p. 313-324
Abstract:
For more than one century, the textural B-horizon of the last interglacial
soil and its cover deposits have been standing out in Europe as an important pedostratigraphic marker. The complexity of this horizon was well illustrated
since the seventies, though its pedological and stratigraphic significance remained doubtful. Macro-, meso- and micromorphological data gathered by the
authors at various key-sites in Europe and the sequential correlation principle have resulted in a better understanding of the high complexity of the
pedosedimentary and stratigraphical evolution of the last interglacial and early glacial loess succession. The present study identifies four megacyclic
pedosedimentary intervals that show a general trend towards dry and continental climatic conditions. A consistent correlation exists between pedosedimentary evolution and
vegetation, as recorded in the Grande Pile pollen record. The picture obtained in the present study is similar for both the Western and the Eastern European loess
palaeosol successions. The so-called ‘last interglacial soil’, with three major soil-forming processes, belongs to the Eemian and Saint-Germain I (MIS substages
5e and 5c), whereas the humiferous sediments and soils on top are linked to Melisey II, Saint-Germain II and Ognon I (MIS substages 5b and 5a).The overlying
loess, colluvial sediments and humiferous soils that end the palaeosol succession belong to the Ognon II and III interstadials; they record the onset of the early
Pleniglacial (MIS stage 4) characterized by a significant increase in aeolian sedimentation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0016-7746
,
1573-9708
DOI:
10.1017/S001677460002179X
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2000
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2012361-9
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160629-3
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13
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