Optical dating of a Fimic Anthrosol in the southern Netherlands

Bokhorst, M.P.; Duller, G.A.T.; Mourik, J.M. van

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.11.011

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“…A number of more recent publications dated the soils using the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating method (Bokhorst et al, 2005;van Mourik et al, 2011;van Mourik et al, 2012). Luminescence dating is advantageous for sedimentary landscapes because the obtained ages reflect the moment of the depositional event, provided that the material is exposed to light prior to deposition and shielded from light since that time and that a suitable protocol is used.…”

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“…In such areas, the difference in elevation, vegetation, and groundwater level was significantly altered by activities related to plaggen agriculture (Blume and Leinweber, 2004). Despite the significant influence of plaggen agriculture on the formation of the Dutch coversand landscape, the formation history of plaggic anthrosols is poorly understood, mainly due to the inconsistency between different sources of dating, such as historical data, archaeological records, radiocarbon dates, pollen analyses and luminescence dating (Bokhorst et al, 2005;Giani et al, 2014;van Mourik et al, 2012;van Mourik et al, 2011). When exactly the fields started to become raised and the depositional rate of the plaggen material remain topics that require further investigation.…”

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Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols

Choi,

van Beek,

Chamberlain

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Abstract. Plaggic anthrosols are one of the major features that contributed to the formation of the present-day landscape of northern part of Europe since the Middle Ages, but their formation history is rather poorly understood. The formation of plaggic anthrosols had an impact beyond the arable fields, impacting the entire landscape surrounding the arable fields, mainly through plaggen management activities. Therefore, plaggic anthrosols are a valuable archive for studying the interactions between human, soil, and landscape. Recently, luminescence dating methods have recently emerged as a tool for tracing the past movement of grains, including within the soil column. This study combines two primary luminescence methods – single-grain feldspar infrared (IRSL) and post-infrared infrared (pIRIR) measurements, and small-aliquot quartz optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) – to reconstruct the formation of a plaggic anthrosol at Braakmankamp (eastern Netherlands). We test: 1) how to identify well-bleached grains for single-grain feldspar pIRIR dating; 2) whether the single-grain feldspar pIRIR and the small-aliquot quartz OSL ages are consistent; 3) what additional information on the formation of plaggic anthrosols is provided by examining both single-grain feldspar pIRIR and small-aliquot quartz OSL equivalent-dose distributions. Toward this aim, we present a new method to identify well-bleached single grains of feldspar using the ratio of the grains’ IRSL and pIRIR signals. Feldspar pIRIR ages obtained from bootstrapped Minimum Age Model (BsMAM) analyses of grains identified as well-bleached were in agreement with the BsMAM ages of small-aliquot quartz OSL for samples from the plaggen layer. In contrast, ages obtained from the two methods do not agree for samples where grains of different burial age are mixed through natural bioturbation. Our results demonstrate that single-grain feldspar pIRIR measurements provide a useful tool to identify the past light exposure and soil-mixing of sand grains in sediments of different depositional and burial histories. Augmenting this information with conventional quartz OSL dating allow us to reconstruct the timing and processes of plaggic anthrosol formation in Braakmankamp. According to luminescence dating results, land clearance around 900–1000 CE and accumulation of plaggen material began around 1200–1300 CE with the average accumulation rate of ~ 1.14 mm/yr.

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Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols

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van Beek,

Chamberlain

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“…Here we briefly summarizes results of previous investigations. The area directly around the city of Weert was used for agriculture, and plaggic antrosols developed due to fertilization of the poor sandy soils by plaggic agriculture (Bokhorst et al, 2005). The area to the west of the arable fields was used for cattle (and sheep) grazing ( van Mourik, 1988; van Mourik et al, 2010).…”

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Identifying and dating buried micropodzols in Subatlantic polycyclic drift sands

Wallinga¹,

Mourik²,

Schilder³

2013

Quaternary International

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“…HAHT soils have been investigated at length in terms of their physical and chemical properties (Buondonno et al, 1998;Doichinova et al, 2005;Donohue et al, 2009;Gong et al, 1997;Greenberg and Wilding, 2007;Hiller, 2000;Murolo et al, 2005;Olson et al, 2005;Saiano and Scalenghe, 2009;Schleuß et al, 1998), mineralogical characteristics (Buondonno et al, 2008;Norra et al, 2008;Scalenghe and Ferraris, 2009), biological features (Kim et al, 2007;Shukurov et al, 2009), and genesis/evolution (Bini and Gaballo, 2006;Bokhorst et al, 2005;Effl and and Pouyat, 1997;Fanning et al, 1978;Wei et al, 2006). Moreover, the taxonomic aspects related to their allocation within U.S.…”

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Through the Decades: Taxonomic Proposals for Human-Altered and Human-Transported Soil Classification

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For decades, pedologists all over the world have been debating about anthropogenic (human‐altered and human‐transported, or HAHT) soil classification. The result has been several taxonomic proposals, based on varying rationale, each aiming to ensure a more correct assignment of HAHT soils to the different U.S. Soil Taxonomy class levels. Starting from such innovative ideas, this study aimed to assess whether or not such proposals may actually be adequate and appropriate when applied to HAHT soils representing conditions that differ from those for which the relevant changes were proposed and tested. More specifically, reference is made to the soil of an important industrial district of Italy, where human manipulation of earthy materials has given rise to soil entisolization processes, with a consequent taxonomic shift from natural Alfisols to anthropogenic Entisols (HAHT soils). These HAHT soils currently meet the requirements for a “mantle” classifiable as Alfic Xerarents, although this classification gives no information about its having been formed from human transported materials (HTM). On the premise that the intention is not to introduce changes to U.S. Soil Taxonomy, the study presents and discusses an overview of possible new taxonomic accommodations of the investigated HAHT soils by comparing a top‐down approach (introduction of a new soil order) to a bottom‐up approach (introduction of taxa at subgroup levels). In the first case Alfic Geofragmexerant may be the most suitable designation, while the bottom‐up approach results in the more informative Anthroportic Xerorthents Subgroup.

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Optical dating of a Fimic Anthrosol in the southern Netherlands

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols

Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols

Identifying and dating buried micropodzols in Subatlantic polycyclic drift sands

Through the Decades: Taxonomic Proposals for Human-Altered and Human-Transported Soil Classification

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