Older than expected: fluvial aggradation of the Rhine's main terrace at Kärlich dated around 1.5 Ma by electron spin resonance

  1. Bartz, Melanie
  2. Duval, Mathieu 1
  3. Alonso Escarza, María Jesús 1
  4. Rixhon, Gilles
  1. 1 Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)
Revue:
E&G Quaternary Science Journal

ISSN: 2199-9090

Année de publication: 2024

Volumen: 73

Número: 2

Pages: 139-144

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5194/EGQSJ-73-139-2024 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

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Résumé

The Mülheim–Kärlich clay pit (Kärlich hereinafter) is located along the Middle Rhine Valley (MRV), about 10 km north-westward of the city of Koblenz (Fig. 1a). Owing to its > 30 m thick Quaternary sequence (Fig. 1b), it perhaps represents the most significant sedimentary profile along this entire valley reach. The sequence provides key information on long-term landscape evolution in the MRV, including successive fluvial aggradation phases related to the so-called main terraces of the Rhine and the Moselle (e.g. Boenigk and Frechen, 2006, 1998), and is also relevant for its archaeological and palaeoenvironmental record (e.g. Gaudzinski et al., 1996).

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