Multiple and single aliquot luminescence dating techniques applied to quartz extracted from Middle and Upper Weichselian loess, Zemechy, Czech Republic

An integrated rock-magnetic and geochemical approach to loess/paleosol sequences from Bohemia and Moravia (Czech Republic): Implications for the Upper Pleistocene paleoenvironment in central Europe

“…The erosion events probably occurred during warming phases of the MIS 3 interstadial that enhanced the seasonal degradation of the permafrost active layer leading to solifluction-related deformation and alteration of the thin gley horizon (Z2b) preserved above the interstadial soil. The assumption of intensive erosion is also supported by OSL dating (Zander et al, 2000;see Fig. 2).…”

“…Although the site has become a popular stop of many international field excursions, it has never been studied in detail. Beyond some basic lithological descriptions published as part of excursion guides (Tyráček, 1995;Hošek et al, 2012), or as regional geological reports (Cílek, 1996;Ložek, 1995), only the magnetic susceptibility of the Lower Weichselian part was previously measured (Forster et al, 1996), and five OSL dates were acquired from the Pleniglacial part of the sedimentary record (Zander et al, 2000). The gully is a result of recent erosion; it is 350 m long and 10-15 m wide, incised up to 19 m into a W-E oriented loess "dune" (greda).…”

“…5). For the Pleniglacial part of the record in Zeměchy, OSL dates by Zander et al (2000) (Fig. 2) were also used to constrain the chronology.…”

Towards a chronology of the Late Pleistocene in the northern Alpine Foreland

“…The third humic-rich steppe soil in Central European loess records (Upper PK II) is most likely an equivalent of the Dürnten Interstadial considering the palynological and malacological analyses by Bibus et al (1996Bibus et al ( , 2002. The results of luminescence dating point to a correlation of the soil with early MIS 3 (Antoine et al 2001;Frechen et al 1999;Zander 1999;Zander et al 2000;Zöller et al 1988Zöller et al , 1994.…”

Pleistocene terraces of the Vltava River in the Budějovice basin (Southern Bohemian Massif): New insights into sedimentary history constrained by luminescence data

“…So far, luminescence dating of sediments in the Czech Republic has been done only on loess sediments of archeological sites (Musson and Wintle, 1994;Zander et al, 2000;Richter et al, 2009) and peat bog deposits in the Krkonoše Mountains (Engel et al, 2010). This work therefore provides first luminescence ages of fluvial sediments on the Czech territory.…”