Authors: BRAUER, ACHIM¹; LITT, THOMAS²; NEGENDANK, JÖRG F. W.³; ZOLITSCHKA, BERND⁴

Source: Boreas, Volume 30, Number 1, March 2001 , pp. 83-88(6)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

In this paper we briefly compare previously published data on four lateglacial sediment profiles from lakes Holzmaar and Meerfelder Maar in the Eifel region. Two of these profiles (one from each lake) are varve-dated, whereas the other two pollen profiles are on depth scales. In general, the palynological signal in all profiles compares well, proving the regional validity of the individual data sets. There are some discrepancies between Holzmaar and Meerfelder Maar, however, mainly concerning varve dating of major lateglacial features, and these are explained after detailed correlation using a combination of varve dating and palynological signals. The result is a consistent varve-dated biostratigraphy for the Lateglacial in the Eifel region. Moreover, it is demonstrated that a combination of varve chronology and high resolution palynostratigraphy in several lake profiles enables even gaps of a few decades up to a few centuries to be detected, thus providing a valuable tool for precise regional palaeoenvironmental study. This multi-core study on two lakes from the same region demonstrates the likelihood of undetected errors in single-core studies on non-varved sediments.

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009480121211

Affiliations: 1: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, PB 3.3, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany, Email: brau@gfz-potsdam.de 2: Universität Bonn, Institut für Paläontologie, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany, Email: t.litt@uni-bonn.de 3: Geo-ForschungsZentrum Potsdam, PB 3.3, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany, Email: neg@gfz-potsdam.de 4: Universität Bremen, Institut für Geographie, Celsiusstrasse FVG-M, D-2833 4 Bremen, Germany, Email: zoli@uni-bremen.de

Publication date: 2001-03-01

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