Pollen records of mardel deposits: The effects of climatic oscillations and land management on soil erosion in Gutland, Luxembourg

Slotboom, R.T.; Mourik, J.M. van

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2014.12.035

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“…kyr BP, the proportions of shade-demanding species increase in strict correspondence with moisture conditions reconstructed from the δ 13 C profile. This shift in moisture conditions is coincident with the local development of the Quercetum mixtum inferred from the pollen data from the Gutland region (Slotboom and Van Mourik, 2015). After 6.0 cal.…”

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“…This date broadly corresponds with a shift towards colder conditions in the δ 18 O profile. In Luxembourg, Fagus expansion is observed during the same period in regional pollen data (Couteaux, 1970; Slotboom and Van Mourik, 2015). In southern Germany and lowland Switzerland, pulses in the expansion of Fagus were precisely observed during cold and wet episodes of the first part of the late-Holocene (Tinner and Lotter, 2006).…”

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“…This development is coincident with the establishment of deciduous forests reconstructed in regional pollen records through the decline of Pinus and the expansion of Corylus after 10.2 cal. kyr BP (Slotboom and Van Mourik, 2015).…”

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Holocene palaeoenvironments from the Direndall tufa (Luxembourg) reconstructed from the molluscan succession and stable isotope records

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This paper reports the results of new malacological analyses from a thick tufa sequence at Direndall (Luxembourg). The study is temporally contextualised with radiocarbon dates and an age–depth model. The malacological study focuses on species associations to reconstruct palaeoenvironmental developments. The gradual appearance of several shade-demanding species reflects the expansion of forest environments during the early Holocene. After c. 7.5 cal. kyr BP, three phases of maximal expansion of shade-demanding species are interspersed with two phases of decline of these taxa dated between c. 7.1 and 6.5 cal. kyr BP and between c. 3.5 and 2.4 cal. kyr BP. Malacological data are discussed with previously published calcite stable isotope data from the same sequence. Strong correlations between malacological data and δ13C profile are highlighted over the whole sequence. Combined influences of local environmental conditions and regional climatic trends are emphasised. The sequence provides a palaeoenvironmental succession free of any anthropic influence.

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Holocene palaeoenvironments from the Direndall tufa (Luxembourg) reconstructed from the molluscan succession and stable isotope records

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“…yr BP and moisture was nearly as high as the present day. Higher abundances of grasses at this time indicate a landscape with an open character (Slotboom and van Mourik, 2015). At Rouer fen, pollen spectra show high scores of Pinus, Betula , and herbal/grass pollen.…”

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“…The Little Ice Age marks the most recent climatic shift to cold and humid climates: winter temperatures were lower and there was a sharp increase in precipitation, which led to severe soil erosion (Slotboom and van Mourik, 2015). Increased Ti/coh values is evidence of enhanced sediment input into the Rouer peat layers.…”

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A 14,000 year peatland record of environmental change in the southern Gutland region, Luxembourg

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A Late Pleistocene/Holocene paleoenvironmental record was obtained from the Rouer peatland (5°54′E, 49°45′N; 270 m a.s.l.), located in the Gutland area of southern Luxembourg. A total of six sediment samples were AMS radiocarbon-dated to obtain an age-depth model. XRF analyses and analyses of geochemical proxies of organic matter (TOC, TN, δ13C, δ15N) were conducted to identify major paleoenvironmental changes in the record. Pollen analysis reveals insights into the vegetation history throughout the last 14,000 cal. yr BP. The record offers unique insights into the evolution of local organic sediment/peat accumulation, as well as into the environmental history of the Gutland region and beyond. The accumulation of organic sediment and peat started at about 13,800 cal. yr BP before present. Until about 6000 cal. yr BP, periods of apparently stable climatic conditions had been interrupted repeatedly by pronounced episodes with increased input of minerogenic matter into the peat matrix (12,700–11,800 cal. yr BP; 11,500–11,300 cal. yr BP; 11,100–10,800 cal. yr BP; 9300 cal. yr BP; 8200 cal. yr BP), indicated by sudden increases of Ti/coh values. After 6000 cal. yr BP, environmental conditions stabilized. Between 4200 and 2800 cal. yr BP, during the Bronze Age, changes in the pollen spectrum indicate an increasing clearance of woodlands. Since the Roman period, an ongoing intensification of grassland farming and agriculture is evidenced. Lowest tree species abundances are witnessed during the Middle Ages. The Modern Era is characterized by enhanced sediment input due to soil erosion. In short, this record complements the Late Pleistocene/Holocene climatic history of the Gutland area and demonstrates that fen peat deposits can be valuable high-resolution paleoclimate archives.

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Palynological Reconstruction of the Effects of Holocene Climatic Oscillations and Agricultural History on Soils and Landforms in Luxembourg

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Slotboom

2017

The Luxembourg Gutland Landscape

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Pollen records of mardel deposits: The effects of climatic oscillations and land management on soil erosion in Gutland, Luxembourg

Cited by 13 publications

References 12 publications

Holocene palaeoenvironments from the Direndall tufa (Luxembourg) reconstructed from the molluscan succession and stable isotope records

Holocene palaeoenvironments from the Direndall tufa (Luxembourg) reconstructed from the molluscan succession and stable isotope records

A 14,000 year peatland record of environmental change in the southern Gutland region, Luxembourg

Palynological Reconstruction of the Effects of Holocene Climatic Oscillations and Agricultural History on Soils and Landforms in Luxembourg

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