Pub Date : 2021-12-17DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-247-2021
L. Lisá, A. Bajer
{"title":"A tribute to Smolíková (1971): Principles of soil development in the Quaternary","authors":"L. Lisá, A. Bajer","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-247-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-247-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83801234","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}
Pub Date : 2021-12-17DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-201-2021
F. Preusser, Markus Fuchs, Christine Thiel
{"title":"Preface: Celebrating 70 years of “Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart” (E&G)","authors":"F. Preusser, Markus Fuchs, Christine Thiel","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-201-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-201-2021","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":"74723604","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}
Pub Date : 2021-12-17DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-217-2021
James Rose, D. Bridgland, R. Westaway
{"title":"A tribute to Woldstedt (1952): Problems of terrace formation","authors":"James Rose, D. Bridgland, R. Westaway","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-217-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-217-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84937470","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}
Pub Date : 2021-12-17DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-239-2021
R. Pini
{"title":"A tribute to Menke (1970): Results of pollen analysis on the Pleistocene stratigraphy and the Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Schleswig-Holstein","authors":"R. Pini","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-239-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-239-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74225227","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}
Pub Date : 2021-12-17DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-229-2021
D. Rousseau
{"title":"A tribute to Ložek (1965): The problem of loess formation and the loess molluscs","authors":"D. Rousseau","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-229-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-229-2021","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":"83566783","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}
Pub Date : 2021-09-06DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-197-2021
Carlos A. Góis‐Marques
{"title":"The Quaternary palaeobotany of Madeira and Azores volcanic archipelagos (Portugal): insights into the past diversity, ecology, biogeography and evolution","authors":"Carlos A. Góis‐Marques","doi":"10.5194/egqsj-70-197-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-197-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85904262","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}
Pub Date : 2021-07-23DOI: 10.5194/EGQSJ-70-187-2021
J. Meister, Eva Lange-Athinodorou, T. Ullmann
{"title":"Preface: Special issue “Geoarchaeology of the Nile Delta”","authors":"J. Meister, Eva Lange-Athinodorou, T. Ullmann","doi":"10.5194/EGQSJ-70-187-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/EGQSJ-70-187-2021","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>\u0000 </jats:p>","PeriodicalId":11420,"journal":{"name":"E&G Quaternary Science Journal","volume":"592 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77321549","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}
Pub Date : 2021-07-13DOI: 10.5194/EGQSJ-70-171-2021
M. Zech, M. Lerch, M. Bliedtner, Tobias Bromm, Fabian Seemann, S. Szidat, G. Salazar, R. Zech, B. Glaser, J. Haas, D. Schäfer, C. Geitner
Abstract. Archaeological research in high mountain regions has gotten a lot more attention since the discovery of the copper age mummy called “Ötzi” in the Ötztaler Alps in 1991. In the Tyrolean Stubai Alps, the Mesolithic site Ullafelsen at 1869 m a.s.l. (above sea level) close to the recent upper timberline in the Fotsch Valley represents, on the one hand, a very important archaeological reference site and offers, on the other hand, intriguing research questions related to, amongst others, pedogenesis. Given that no biomarkers and stable isotopes have been hitherto investigated, we aimed at contributing with respective analyses and additional radiocarbon dating to a better understanding of the landscape evolution and pedogenesis on and around the Ullafelsen. Our results for modern vegetation suggest that leaf-wax-derived n-alkanes allow us to chemotaxonomically distinguish between subalpine deciduous trees (nC27 predominance) versus (sub)alpine grasses, herbs and dwarf shrubs (nC29, nC31 and/or nC33 predominance). Except for Juniperus, conifers produce no or extremely low n-alkane contents. Although no clear vegetation changes could be inferred from the n-alkane patterns of the investigated soil profiles, the total n-alkane content (TAC) was developed for the first time as an unambiguous proxy for distinguishing between buried (= fossil) topsoils (2Ahb horizons) and humus-enriched subsoils such as Bh horizons of podzols. Based on this leaf wax proxy, we can rule out that the 2Ahb?/Bh? horizons under question on the Ullafelsen are buried topsoils as suggested previously. Dating of the H2O2-pretreated soil samples yielded 14C ages for the podzol Bh horizons ranging from 6.7 to 5.4 cal kyr BP. This is clearly younger than the overlying Mesolithic living floor (LL) (10.9 to 9.5 cal kyr BP) but pre-dates the assumed intensification of alpine pasturing from the Bronze Age onwards. Both the LL and the directly overlying OAh3 horizon yielded black carbon maxima and benzene polycarboxylic acid patterns reflecting fire-induced human impact during the Mesolithic. The discrepancy between the Mesolithic charcoal 14C ages (ages of ≥ 9.5 cal kyr BP) versus the 14C ages obtained for bulk n-alkanes ranging from 8.2 to 4.9 cal kyr BP suggests that non-alkane-producing conifers predominated the vegetation on and around the Ullafelsen after the Mesolithic occupation. Only with the anthropo-zoological lowering of the timberline associated with alpine pasturing since the Neolithic and especially the Bronze Age has an n-alkane-producing vegetation cover (grasses, herbs or dwarf shrubs) started to predominate.
摘要自1991年在ÖtztalerAlps发现铜器时代的木乃伊“Ötzi”以来，高山地区的考古研究受到了越来越多的关注。在蒂洛尔斯图拜阿尔卑斯山脉，1869米的中石器时代遗址Ullafelsen。(海平面以上)靠近最近的Fotsch山谷的上树带界线，一方面代表了一个非常重要的考古参考地点，另一方面，提供了与其他方面有关的有趣的研究问题，其中包括，土壤形成。鉴于迄今为止还没有研究过生物标志物和稳定同位素，我们的目标是通过各自的分析和额外的放射性碳定年来更好地了解Ullafelsen及其周围的景观演化和土壤形成。我们对现代植被的研究结果表明，叶蜡衍生的正烷糖使我们能够在化学分类上区分亚高山落叶乔木(nC27优势)与(亚)高山草、草本和矮灌木(nC29、nC31和/或nC33优势)。除了杜松，针叶树不产生或极低的正构烷烃含量。虽然从所研究的土壤剖面的正构烷烃模式不能推断出明显的植被变化，但总正构烷烃含量(TAC)首次被发展为区分埋藏(=化石)表土(2Ahb层)和富含腐殖质的底土(如灰化土的Bh层)的明确代理。根据叶蜡替代物，我们可以排除2Ahb?/Bh?如前所述，Ullafelsen上被质疑的水平是被掩埋的表层土壤。经h2o2预处理的土壤样品的测年结果表明，灰化土Bh层的14c年龄在6.7 ~ 5.4 cal kyr BP之间。这显然比上覆的中石器时代生活层(LL)(10.9至9.5千万年BP)更年轻，但早于青铜时代以后阿尔卑斯牧场的强化。LL和直接覆盖的OAh3层都产生了黑碳最大值和苯聚羧酸模式，反映了新石器时代人类对火的影响。中石器时代木炭14C年龄(≥9.5 cal kyr BP)与块状烷烃14C年龄(8.2 ~ 4.9 cal kyr BP)之间的差异表明，中石器时代占领后，乌拉菲尔森及其周围的植被主要是不产烷烃的针叶树。只有在新石器时代，特别是青铜时代，与高山放牧有关的人类动物降低了树带线之后，产生正构烷烃的植被(草、草本植物或矮灌木)才开始占主导地位。
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.5194/EGQSJ-70-165-2021
Collin J. Weber, Volker M. H. Dickhardt, Stefan Harnischmacher
{"title":"Spatial survey of tephra deposits in the middle Lahn valley (Hesse, Germany)","authors":"Collin J. Weber, Volker M. H. Dickhardt, Stefan Harnischmacher","doi":"10.5194/EGQSJ-70-165-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/EGQSJ-70-165-2021","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":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91053556","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}
Pub Date : 2021-06-18DOI: 10.5194/egqsj-70-151-2021
Marina Altmeyer, M. Seeliger, A. Ginau, R. Schiestl, Jürgen Wunderlich
Abstract. The current state of research about ancient settlements within the Nile Delta allows the hypothesizing of fluvial connections to ancient settlements all over the Nile Delta. Previous studies suggest a larger Nile branch close to Kom el-Gir, an ancient settlement hill in the northwestern Nile Delta. To contribute new knowledge to this little-known site and prove this hypothesis, this study aims at using small-scale paleogeographic investigations to reconstruct an ancient channel system in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. The study pursues the following: (1) the identification of sedimentary environments via stratigraphic and portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyses of the sediments, (2) the detection of fluvial elements via electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), and (3) the synthesis of all results to provide a comprehensive reconstruction of a former fluvial network in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. Therefore, auger core drillings, pXRF analyses, and ERT were conducted to examine the sediments within the study area. Based on the evaluation of the results, the study presents clear evidence of a former channel system in the surroundings of Kom el-Gir. Thereby, it is the combination of both methods, 1-D corings and 2-D ERT profiles, that derives a more detailed illustration of previous environmental conditions which other studies can adopt. Especially within the Nile Delta which comprises a large number of smaller and larger ancient settlement hills, this study's approach can contribute to paleogeographic investigations to improve the general understanding of the former fluvial landscape.
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