Timing of the last interglacial in Northern Europe derived from Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of a terrestrial Saalian–Eemian–Weichselian sedimentary sequence in NE-Germany

Lüthgens, Christopher; Böse, Margot; Lauer, Tobias; Krbetschek, Matthias; Strahl, Jaqueline; Wenske, Dirk

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.026

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“…Apart from this record, physical age information is only available for a few other sites, including the terrestrial succession at Vevais (NE Brandenburg, Germany), yielding a luminescence age of 126±16 ka for the base of the Eemian (Lüthgens et al . ), and a site at Banzin (Fig. A), where two 230 Th/U ages indicate peat accumulation at around 121–118 ka (Börner et al .…”

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“…; Lüthgens et al . ; Lamothe ), while in a limited number of cases thermoluminescence (TL), electron spin resonance (ESR) and Thorium/Uranium ( 230 Th/U) dating methods have also been successfully applied to date Eemian sediments (Krbetschek ; Winn et al . ; Degering & Krbetschek ; Börner et al .…”

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“…To enhance the available information on the Eemian period, a robust geochronological database is mandatory. Infrared-stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dating of K-rich feldspar is one promising approach to establish an absolute age chronology beyond 100 ka (Buylaert et al 2011;L€ uthgens et al 2011;Lamothe 2016), while in a limited number of cases thermoluminescence (TL), electron spin resonance (ESR) and Thorium/Uranium ( 230 Th/U) dating methods have also been successfully applied to date Eemian sediments (Krbetschek 1995;Winn et al 2000;Degering & Krbetschek 2007;B€ orner et al 2015).…”

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A multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental and geochronological reconstruction of the Saalian‐Eemian‐Weichselian succession at Klein Klütz Höved, NE Germany

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Here we present a multi-proxy investigation of the Klein Kl€ utz H€ oved (KKH) coastal cliff section in northeastern Germany, involving lithofacies analysis, micromorphology, micropalaeontology, palynology and luminescence dating of quartz and feldspar. We subdivide the local stratigraphy into three depositional phases. (i) Following a Saalian advance (MIS 6) of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet, the penultimate deglaciation (Termination II) at the site occurred between c. 139 and 134 ka, leading to the establishment of abraided river system and lacustrine basins under arctic-subarctic climate conditions. (ii) In the initial phase of the Eemian interglacial lacustrine deposits were formed, containing warm-water ostracods and a pollen spectrum indicating gradual expansion of woodlands eventually containing thermophile deciduous forest elements. A correlation of the local pollen assemblages with Eemian reference records from central Europe suggests that fewer than 750 years of the last interglacial period are preserved at KKH. The occurrence of brackish ostracods dates the onset of the Eemian marine transgression at the section at c. 300-750 years after the beginning of the last interglacial period. (iii) Directly above the Eemian record a~10-mthick sedimentary succession of MIS 2 age was deposited, implying a significant hiatus of c. 90 ka encompassing the time from middle and upper MIS 5e to late MIS 3. During the Late Weichselian, KKH featured a depositional shift from (glacio-)lacustrine to subglacial to recessional terminoglacial facies, with the first documented Weichselian ice advance post-dating 20AE2 ka. Overall, the KKH section represents an exceptional sedimentary archive for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, covering the period from the Saalian glaciation and subsequent Termination II to the early Eemian and Late Weichselian. The results refine the existing palaeogeographical and geochronological models of the late Quaternary history in the southwestern Baltic Sea area and allow correlations with other reference records in a wider area.

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“…The OSL method makes it possible to provide accurate age estimates up to 150-200 ka for quartz, and to a few hundreds of thousands years for feldspars. For older deposits, despite recent improvements (Wang et al, 2006;Porat et al, 2009;Lüthgens et al, 2011), the saturation of the minerals still prevents the luminescence signal from being routinely used. In contrast, the ESR method has already been applied to date terraces (from 200 ka to more than 1 Ma; e.g.…”

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“…The choice of these parameters results from the fact that they were successfully applied to aliquots not only for fluvial sediments in the Moselle valley but also in many other case studies (e.g. Rodnight et al, 2006;Arnold et al, 2007;Thamo-Boszo et al, 2010;Lüthgens et al, 2011;Poreba et al, 2011). Considering the absence of evidence for incomplete bleaching, they were considered as being the most appropriate for the fluvial sands under study.…”

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Geochronological reconstruction of the Pleistocene evolution of the Sarre valley (France and Germany) using OSL and ESR dating techniques

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Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany

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The prevailing view suggests that the Eemian interglacial on the European Plain was characterized by largely negligible geomorphic activity beyond the coastal areas. However, systematic geomorphological studies are sparse. Here we present a detailed reconstruction of Eemian to Early Weichselian landscape evolution in the vicinity of a small fingerlake on the northern margin of the Salzwedel Palaeolake in Lower Saxony (Germany). We apply a combination of seismics, sediment coring, pollen analysis and luminescence dating on a complex sequence of colluvial, paludal and lacustrine sediments. Results suggest two pronounced phases of geomorphic activity, directly before the onset and at the end of the Eemian period, with an intermediate period of pronounced landscape stability. The dynamic phases were largely driven by incomplete vegetation cover, but likely accentuated by fluvial incision in the neighbouring Elbe Valley. Furthermore, we discovered Neanderthal occupation at the lakeshore during Eemian pollen zone (PZ) E IV, which is chronologically in line with other known Eemian sites of central Europe. Our highly‐resolved spatio‐temporal data substantially contribute to the understanding of climate‐induced geomorphic processes throughout and directly after the last interglacial period. It helps unraveling the landscape dynamics between the coastal areas to the north and the loess belt to the south.

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Timing of the last interglacial in Northern Europe derived from Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of a terrestrial Saalian–Eemian–Weichselian sedimentary sequence in NE-Germany

Cited by 28 publications

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A multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental and geochronological reconstruction of the Saalian‐Eemian‐Weichselian succession at Klein Klütz Höved, NE Germany

A multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental and geochronological reconstruction of the Saalian‐Eemian‐Weichselian succession at Klein Klütz Höved, NE Germany

Geochronological reconstruction of the Pleistocene evolution of the Sarre valley (France and Germany) using OSL and ESR dating techniques

Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany

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