The Pleistocene of Schöningen, Germany: a complex tunnel valley fill revealed from 3D subsurface modelling and shear wave seismics

Lang, Jörg; Winsemann, Jutta; Steinmetz, Dominik; Polom, Ulrich; Pollok, Lukas; Böhner, Utz; Serangeli, Jordi; Brandes, Christian; Hampel, Andrea; Winghart, Stefan

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.009

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“…According to 230Th/U dates which attribute the Holsteinian to MIS 9, the non-glaciated time of the Saalian comprises MIS 8 and 7 (Litt et al, 2007;Urban et al, 2011, Lang et al, 2012. Traces of an early Saalian glaciation have been found in eastern Poland, but the extent of this glaciation further west in Poland is still unknown (Marks, 2011).…”

Section: Terrestrial Evidence 421 Pre Mis 12 Glaciationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Traces of an early Saalian glaciation have been found in eastern Poland, but the extent of this glaciation further west in Poland is still unknown (Marks, 2011). The widespread fluvial terrace deposits, periglacial sediments and glaciolacustrine deposits preserved in sections and borehole records, which constitute the evidence for this period of time, are documented in Eissmannn (2002) and Lang et al (2012).…”

Section: Late Middle Pleistocene Glaciations (Mis 12-6)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quaternary glaciations of northern Europe

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Lüthgens

Lee

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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This paper presents the outcome of a workshop, held in Berlin in February 2009, concerned with current research on the glacial history of northern Europe, including the British Isles. The methodologies presently used to resolve this topic are outlined. Particular attention is given to new analytical methods deriving from high resolution remote imaging of glacial terrain both on land and on the sea-bed, key new stratigraphic sections, higher resolution results from conventional geochronological methods like radiocarbon and more recently developed technologies such as luminescence and cosmogenic radionuclide dating. The relationships between the results derived from these two methods are discussed in further detail along with possible explanations for these differences. An outline of a 'most likely' glacial history of the Scandinavian and British and Irish Ice Sheets is presented along with possible links to global climate change as represented by the marine isotope (MIS) record. Tentative evidence for glaciation is identified in MIS 22, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 and correlations of 'phases' within the Last Glaciation are also explored for both the Scandinavian and British and Irish Ice Sheets. The results show that the character and extent of glaciation in different parts of the region are not synchronous and much more geochronological work is required before regional correlations can be established with confidence. Keywords: glaciation, marine isotope stages (MIS), Scandinavian Ice Sheet (SIS), British and Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS), Last Glacial Maximum Introduction and objectivesThe glaciation of northern Europe has been a subject of interest and debate for over 200 years and today, at a time of greater awareness to the consequences of climate change, the subject retains its relevance to science and society. With the development of new methodologies for dating glacial deposits and important new findings for modelling glacier response to climate change this subject requires re-evaluation and re-interpretation. Likewise it has been possible to identify critical issues that should be the focus for future research. Consequently, in February 2009 an exploratory workshop was held at the Freie Universität Berlin to examine the frequency and timing of glaciations in northern Europe (including Britain) during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. The workshop was funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgmeinschaft/ German Research Foundation) and involved 24 participants. This issue of Quaternary Science Reviews includes a number of the contributions presented and discussed at the meeting along with certain invited papers that present new findings on the topic of the special issue. This paper will begin by briefly reviewing the contents of the issue giving particular attention to new and important findings. This will be followed by a section that will evaluate the methodologies currently being applied to understand the glaciations of northern Europe. Some of these methodologies, such as lithostratigraphy and morphostratig...

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Section: Terrestrial Evidence 421 Pre Mis 12 Glaciationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Late Middle Pleistocene Glaciations (Mis 12-6)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Quaternary glaciations of northern Europe

Böse

Lüthgens

Lee

et al. 2012

Quaternary Science Reviews

124

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“…Previous geological models (Mania, 1998(Mania, , 2006 interpreted the interglacial deposits as infills of abandoned fluvial channels. However, new geophysical and geological data clearly show that the interglacial succession was deposited within a longlived lake, which formed in an underfilled Elsterian tunnel valley (Lang et al, 2012). The stacking pattern of the interglacial deposits and the distribution of the archaeological sites are related to lakelevel fluctuations of the interglacial lake (Lang et al, 2012).…”

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“…However, new geophysical and geological data clearly show that the interglacial succession was deposited within a longlived lake, which formed in an underfilled Elsterian tunnel valley (Lang et al, 2012). The stacking pattern of the interglacial deposits and the distribution of the archaeological sites are related to lakelevel fluctuations of the interglacial lake (Lang et al, 2012). These lake-level fluctuations have previously been recognized in the palaeo-ecological analysis of floral (Jechorek, 2000;Urban, 2007;Urban et al, 2011) and faunal associations (B€ ohme, 2000, 2007).…”

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“…Synglacial tunnel valley fills include glacifluvial and glacilacustrine deposits and till, which are deposited both subglacially and proglacially during deglaciation. Interglacial infills of tunnel valleys commonly comprise lacustrine deposits or, if the setting is at the interglacial coastline, paralic or marine deposits (Kuster and Meyer, 1979;Piotrowski, 1994;Janszen et al, 2012a;Kehew et al, 2012;Lang et al, 2012;van der Vegt et al, 2012).…”

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The Middle Pleistocene tunnel valley at Schöningen as a Paleolithic archive

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Böhner

Polom

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Journal of Human Evolution

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The formation of fan‐deltas in mountain lakes: Findings from Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia)

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Prekopová,

Budinský

2023

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Fan‐deltas are formed in mountain lakes, contributing to changes in shorelines' shapes and filling lake basins with sediments. Factors that condition sediment delivery to the lakes and the formation of fan‐deltas are not fully understood. This study aims to identify processes forming fan‐deltas in mountain lakes based on the sedimentary architecture of a fan‐delta filling Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia). Our study is based on ground‐penetrating radar and seismic refraction surveys conducted over the lake and debris‐flow fans in its vicinity, and grain‐size analyses of the surface deposits. The internal structure of the fan‐delta comprises foreset deposits representing the fan‐delta lobes. Mouth bars were identified in the near‐shore zone. The fan‐delta is built of sands and silty sands whereas an alluvial debris‐flow dominated fan west of the lake contains gravels. A general trend of downslope fining of the fan surface sediments, disturbed by zones of coarse gravels, was identified in the surficial sediments forming the fan. The fan‐delta was formed by depositional events in humid periods, alternating with dry periods featured with a small or no deposition. The lake‐level steadily rose in the humid periods and remained stable in dry periods. The contrast between the coarse sediments forming the alluvial debris‐flow dominated fan, and sands forming the fan‐delta was caused by a selective deposition. Coarse gravels in the fan were mobilized in humid periods but did not reach the lake‐shore. The reason was a basement rock ridge situated parallel to the lake shore. Sands were delivered to the fan‐delta in humid periods owing to frequent high‐energy flows. A deposition of silts took place in dry periods. The studied fan‐delta might preserve the sedimentary record of three humid periods from the last 200 years. However, further studies are needed to establish the timing of the fan‐delta formation.

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The Pleistocene of Schöningen, Germany: a complex tunnel valley fill revealed from 3D subsurface modelling and shear wave seismics

Cited by 61 publications

References 58 publications

Quaternary glaciations of northern Europe

Quaternary glaciations of northern Europe

The Middle Pleistocene tunnel valley at Schöningen as a Paleolithic archive

The formation of fan‐deltas in mountain lakes: Findings from Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia)

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