Abstract

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.

These geodatasets contain the shapefiles of "loess and loess derivates", "sandy loess", and "aeolian sand" according to the European loess map published by Lehmkuhl et al. (in press). The methdology is described in the referenced paper. A layer package file can be used to obtain the same visual appearance as published.

References
Lehmkuhl, F., Nett, J.J., Pötter, S., Schulte, P., Sprafke, T., Jary, Z., Antoine, P., Wacha, L., Wolf, D., Zerboni, A., Hošek, J., Marković, S.B., Obreht, I., Sümegi, P., Veres, D., Zeeden, C., Boemke, B.J., Schaubert, V., Viehweger, J., Hambach, U., accepted. Loess landscapes of Europe - mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation. Earth-Science Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103496

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Bibliography

Lehmkuhl, F., Nett, J., Pötter, S., Schulte, P., Sprafke, T., Jary, Z., Antoine, P., Wacha, L., Wolf, D., Zerboni, A., Hošek, J., Marković, S., Obreht, I., Sümegi, P., Veres, D., Zeeden, C., Boemke, B., Schaubert, V., Viehweger, J., Hambach, U. (2020): Geodata of European loess, sandy loess and aeolian sand. CRC806-Database, DOI: 10.5880/SFB806.56

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