Environmental change indicated by grain-size variations and trace elements: examples from two different sections - the sandy-loess sediments from the Doroshivtsy site (Ukraine) and the loess section Semlac (Romania)
Abstract
Loess sequences provide important and at least a partial continuous record of Quaternary
palaeoenvironmental change; some of the sequences even bury archaeological remains. In addition,
loess-palaeosol sequences provide valuable information concerning environmental change and
climate evolution. In this study, we compare two sections: (1) The Middle to Late Pleistocene loesspaleosol
section of Semlac in western Romania (MIS 10 – 1), and (2) the sandy-loess section of
Doroshivtsy in western Ukraine (MIS 2). To characterize these quite different sections we calculated
individualized grain size (GS) ratios and compared them to the common U-ratio (Vandenberghe et al.,
1985) and selected geochemical parameters.
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Schulte, P., Lehmkuhl, F., Kels, H., Loibl, C., Klasen, N., Hauck, T. (2015): Environmental change indicated by grain-size variations and trace elements: examples from two different sections - the sandy-loess sediments from the Doroshivtsy site (Ukraine) and the loess section Semlac (Romania). DOI: 10.14644/dust.2014.017
| author | Schulte, P. and Lehmkuhl, F. and Kels, H. and Loibl, C. and Klasen, N. and Hauck, T. |
|---|---|
| doi | 10.14644/dust.2014.017 |
| key | P.Schulte2015 |
| pages | 106-12 |
| series | DUST2014 - 1st International Conference on Atmospheric Dust |
| type | proceedings |
| url | http://www.scientevents.com/proscience/download/environmental-change-indicated-by-grain-size-variations-and-trace-elements-examples-from-two-different-sections-the-sandy-loess-sediments-from-the-doroshivtsy-site-ukraine-and-the-loess-section-s/ |
| year | 2015 |