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DOI | 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103496 |
Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation | |
Lehmkuhl, F.; Nett, J. J.; Poetter, S.; Schulte, P.; Sprafke, T.; Jary, Z.; Antoine, P.; Wacha, L.; Wolf, D.; Zerboni, A.; Hosek, J.; Markovic, S. B.; Obreht, I; Sumegi, P.; Veres, D.; Zeeden, C.; Boemke, B.; Schaubert, V; Viehweger, J.; Hambach, U. | |
通讯作者 | Lehmkuhl, F (corresponding author), Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Dept Geog, Aachen, Germany. |
来源期刊 | EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
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ISSN | 0012-8252 |
EISSN | 1872-6828 |
出版年 | 2021 |
卷号 | 215 |
英文摘要 | of changing paleoenvironmental conditions and related geomorphologic processes, controlling dust sources, transport, accumulation, preservation, pedogenesis, alongside erosional and reworking events. Climatic, paleoclimatic, and pedoclimatic gradients are on the continental scale an additional important factor, since there are e. g. latitudinal differences of permafrost and periglacial processes, an increase in continentality from west to east and in aridity from northwest to southeast and south, strongly affecting regional sedimentary and geomorphic dynamics. We propose three main depositional regimes for loess formation in Europe: (1.) periglacial and tundra loess formation with periglacial processes and permafrost in the high latitude and mountainous regions; (2.) steppe and desert margin loess formation in the (semi-)arid regions; and (3.) loess and soil formation in temperate and subtropical regions. Loess deposits of (1.) and (2.) show coarser, sandier particle distributions towards the glacial and desert regions. In the humid areas (3.) forest vegetation limited dust production and accumulation, therefore, Paleoenvironmental reconstructions on a (supra-)regional scale have gained attention in Quaternary sciences during the last decades. In terrestrial realms, loess deposits and especially intercalations of loess and buried soils, so called loess-paleosol sequences (LPS) are important archives to unravel the terrestrial response to e.g. climatic fluctuations and reconstruct paleoenvironments during the Pleistocene. The analysis of LPS requires the knowledge of several key factors, such as the distribution of the aeolian sediments, their location relative to (potential) source areas, the climate conditions that led to their emplacement and the topography of the sink area. These factors strongly influence the sedimentological and paleoenvironmental characteristics of LPS and show broad variations throughout Europe, leading to a distinct distribution pattern throughout the continent. We present a new map of the distribution of aeolian sediments (mainly loess) and major potential source areas for Europe. The map was compiled combining geodata of different mapping approaches. Most of the used geodata stems from accurate national maps of 27 different countries. Problematic aspects such as different nomenclatures across administrative borders were carefully investigated and revised. The result is a seamless map, which comprises pedological, geological, and geomorphological data and can be used for paleoenvironmental and archeological studies and other applications. We use the resulting map and data from key geomorphological cross-sections to discuss the various influences of geomorphology and paleoenvironment on the deposition and preservation of Late Pleistocene loess throughout Europe. We divided the loess areas into 6 main loess domains and 17 subdomains to understand and explain the factors controlling their distribution and characteristics. For the subdivision we used the following criteria: (1) influence of silt production areas, (2) affiliation to subcatchments, as rivers are very important regional silt transport agents, (3) occurrence of past periglacial activity with characteristic overprinting of the deposits. Additionally, the sediment distribution is combined with elevation data, to investigate the loess distribution statistically as well as visually. |
英文关键词 | Aeolian deposits Quaternary sediments Loess map Loess facies Dust deposition Conceptual loess formation model |
类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
开放获取类型 | Green Accepted, hybrid, Green Published |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000631626200001 |
WOS关键词 | UPPER PLEISTOCENE LOESS ; INTERGLACIAL-GLACIAL CYCLE ; SECTION SOUTHERN SERBIA ; HIGH-RESOLUTION RECORD ; PALEOSOL SEQUENCE ; GRAIN-SIZE ; MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY ; CARPATHIAN BASIN ; LOWER DANUBE ; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349973 |
作者单位 | [Lehmkuhl, F.; Nett, J. J.; Poetter, S.; Schulte, P.; Obreht, I; Zeeden, C.; Boemke, B.; Schaubert, V; Viehweger, J.] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Dept Geog, Aachen, Germany; [Sprafke, T.] Univ Bern, Inst Geog, Bern, Switzerland; [Jary, Z.] Univ Wroclaw, Inst Geog & Reg Dev, Wroclaw, Poland; [Antoine, P.] Univ Paris I UPEC, Lab Geog Phys Environm Quaternaires & Actuels, CNRS, Meudon, France; [Wacha, L.] Croatian Geol Survey, Zagreb, Croatia; [Wolf, D.] TU, Dept Geog, Dresden, Germany; [Zerboni, A.] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Sci Terra A Desio, Milan, Italy; [Hosek, J.] Czech Geol Survey, Prague, Czech Republic; [Hosek, J.] Charles Univ Prague, Ctr Theoret Study, Jilska 1, Prague 11000 1, Czech Republic; [Hosek, J.] Acad Sci, Jilska 1, Prague 11000 1, Czech Republic; [Markovic, S. B.] Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Phys Geog, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia; [Obreht, I] Univ Bremen, MARUM Ctr Marine Environm Sci, Organ Geochem Grp, Bremen, Germany; [Obreht, I] Univ Bremen, Dept Geosci, Bremen, Ge... |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lehmkuhl, F.,Nett, J. J.,Poetter, S.,et al. Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation[J],2021,215. |
APA | Lehmkuhl, F..,Nett, J. J..,Poetter, S..,Schulte, P..,Sprafke, T..,...&Hambach, U..(2021).Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation.EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS,215. |
MLA | Lehmkuhl, F.,et al."Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation".EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS 215(2021). |
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