Lilian Reiss, Christian Stüwe, Thomas Einwögerer, M. Händel, A. Maier, S. Meng, Kerstin Pasda, U. Simon, B. Zolitschka, C. Mayr
{"title":"Evaluation of geochemical proxies and radiocarbon data from a loess record of the Upper Palaeolithic site Kammern-Grubgraben, Lower Austria","authors":"Lilian Reiss, Christian Stüwe, Thomas Einwögerer, M. Händel, A. Maier, S. Meng, Kerstin Pasda, U. Simon, B. Zolitschka, C. Mayr","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-71-23-2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-23-2022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Two loess sections from the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kammern-Grubgraben\u0000(Lower Austria) were analysed to test geochemical proxies, as well as\u0000radiocarbon data of different components, for their reliability and\u0000consistency in an archaeological context. Only a reliable basal age (28.9–27.8 ka cal BP) was obtained from charcoal fragments derived from a tundra gley underlying the archaeological horizons and assigned to Greenland Interstadials 3 or 4. Grain size, organic and inorganic geochemistry, and stable isotopes of the fine organic fraction (δ13Corg) and\u0000of rhizoconcretions (δ13C, δ18O) were analysed to\u0000provide information on palaeoenvironmental conditions. Low-resolution\u0000geochemical and sedimentological analyses document a humidity-related\u0000variability, while δ13Corg values indicate predominant\u0000C3 vegetation. High-resolution elemental variations derived from X-ray\u0000fluorescence scanning exhibit increasing Ca and decreasing Fe and Ti values,\u0000indicating drier conditions towards the top. Secondary pedogenic carbonate\u0000concretions provide post-sedimentary (Holocene) ages and are not suitable\u0000for assessing climate and environmental changes for the Palaeolithic.\u0000","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"87 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87692886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late Quaternary landform evolution and sedimentary successions in the Miaoli Tableland, northwestern Taiwan","authors":"Shih-Hung Liu, Robert Hebenstreit, M. Böse","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-71-1-2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-1-2022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Elevated Quaternary sedimentary complexes in the western\u0000foreland of the central mountain ranges of Taiwan are called tablelands.\u0000Their mostly flat surfaces are deeply incised by fluvial processes. The\u0000landforms and the fluvial systems in the Miaoli Tableland are investigated\u0000by high-resolution terrain analyses based on different datasets. Sediments\u0000are described in 51 outcrops and characterized by grain size composition.\u0000The outcrops revealed complete or incomplete sequences of the general scheme from bottom to top: sandy tidal–coastal units overlain by\u0000gravel- and cobble-rich fluvial deposits always with a fine-grained silt-rich\u0000top cover layer influenced by aeolian deposits. All layers are\u0000unconsolidated sediments. Three subtypes of this sequence were identified,\u0000with respect to the occurrence of the fluvial deposits. The relation of\u0000tectonic and erosional processes including the rework of gravels is\u0000discussed. The results reveal a tableland surface much more disaggregated than\u0000previously mapped, suggesting that individual tableland segments represent\u0000remnants of an inferred palaeotopography. The tableland surfaces have been\u0000separated into Sedimentary Highlands (SH-I and SH-II) and Sedimentary Terraces\u0000(ST) by geometrical properties. The Alluvial and Coastal Plains (AL)\u0000represent broad valley bottoms (“box-shaped valleys”) in the dendritic\u0000drainage systems below 150 m and the coastal plains. The landforms and\u0000predominantly the sediment sequences are discussed in the context of the\u0000existing stratigraphical schemes of the Toukoshan Formation and the so far\u0000rarely used Lungkang Formation. The latter is recommended as the\u0000stratigraphical term for the refined subdivision of the uppermost part of\u0000late Quaternary sediments in the Miaoli Tableland.\u0000","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76540692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Flohn (1963): On the meteorological interpretation of Pleistocene climate variations","authors":"U. Cubasch","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-225-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-225-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73342173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Narr (1952): On the stratigraphy of Upper Palaeolithic types and type groups","authors":"N. Conard","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-213-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-213-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78667181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Fink (1956): On the correlation of terraces and loesses in Austria","authors":"Tobias Sprafke","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-221-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-221-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83584717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Büdel (1951): The climatic zones of the ice age","authors":"J. Vandenberghe","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-205-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-205-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88550596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Louis (1952): On the theory of glacial erosion in valleys","authors":"P. Valla","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-209-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-209-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83848860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Boenigk (1978): The fluvial development of the Lower Rhine Basin during the late Tertiary and early Quaternary","authors":"P. Gibbard","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-251-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-251-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87322140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}