Climatic Signals in Geomorphological Systems Approaches from Aeolian, Fluvial, Colluvial, Periglacial, Coastal, and Man-made Geomorphological Systems

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Language: English

11 papers present and discuss process- and archive-based approaches to identify climatic signals of various amplitudes and frequencies in different geomorphological settings. The volume includes methodological and stratigraphic studies on loess-palaeosol sequences, the application of geochemical approaches and terrestrial laser scanning in fluvial geomorphology, and approaches to reconstruct slope deposition processes and resulting sediment budgets. In periglacial environments, analyses of electric resistivity profiles and air photographs are used to evaluate melting of mountain permafrost. This issue is of interest to all geomorphologists and Earth scientists working on geomorphological processes and archives with probable climatic impact or control.

Contents

Editorial: Climatic signals in geomorphological systems: Approaches from aeolian, fluvial, colluvial, periglacial, coastal, and man-made geomorphological systems
Zielhofer, Christoph; von Suchodoletz, Hans; Lauer, Tobias; Heinrich, Jürgen, p. 1-3

Original paper: Chronology of the Quaternary profile Zeuchfeld in Saxony-Anhalt / Germany – a preliminary luminescence dating study
Kreutzer, Sebastian; Lauer, Tobias; Meszner, Sascha; Krbetschek, Matthias; Faust, Dominik; Fuchs, Markus, p. 5-26

Original paper: Landscape aridification in Central Germany during the late Weichselian Pleniglacial – results from the Zauschwitz loess site in western Saxony
Lauer, Tobias; Von Suchodoletz, Hans; Vollmann, Heiko; Meszner, Sascha; Frechen, Manfred; Tinapp, Christian; Goldmann, Lisa; Müller, Susann; Zielhofer, Christoph, p. 27-50

Original paper: A geochemical approach on reconstructing Upper Pleistocene environmental conditions from wadi deposits – an example from the Wadi Sabra (Jordan)
Bertrams, Manuel; Protze, Jens; Eckmeier, Eileen; Lehmkuhl, Frank, p. 51-80

Original paper: Roughness determination of coarse grained alpine river bed surfaces using Terrestrial Laser Scanning data
Baewert, Henning; Bimböse, Martin; Bryk, Alexander; Rascher, Eric; Schmidt, Karl-Heinz; Morche, David, p. 81-95

Original paper: Holocene Sediment Dynamics in the Vicinity of a Roman battlefield near Osnabrück (NW-Germany)
Bussmann, Jens; Stele, Andreas; Härtling, Joachim W.; Zielhofer, Christoph; Fuchs, Margret C., p. 97-117

Original paper: Colluvial deposits – proxies for climate change and cultural chronology. A case study from Tigray, Ethiopia
Pietsch, Dana; Machado, Maria J., p. 119-136

Original paper: Changing mountain permafrost from the 1970s to today – comparing two examples from Niwot Ridge, Colorado Front Range, USA
Leopold, Matthias; Völkel, Jörg; Dethier, David P.; Williams, Mark W., p. 137-157

Original paper: Holocene sea levels of Bonaire (Leeward Antilles) and tectonic implications
Engel, Max; Brückner, Helmut; Scheffers, Anja M.; May, S. Matthias; Kelletat, Dieter H., p. 159-178

Original paper: The bolsa concept – a distinct phenomenon in the Caribbean
Haubold, Fritz; Faust, Dominik, p. 179-188

Original paper: The medieval peat layer of the Fossa Carolina – Evidence for bridging the Central European Watershed or climate control?
Leitholdt, Eva; Krüger, Annett; Zielhofer, Christoph, p. 189-209

Original paper: Potential of palaeosols, sediments and archaeological features to reconstruct Late Glacial fire regimes in northern Central Europe – case study Grabow site and overview
Tolksdorf, Johann Friedrich; Turner, Falko; Kaiser, Knut; Eckmeier, Eileen; Bittmann, Felix; Veil, Stephan, p. 211-232

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