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The formation of Middle and Upper Pleistocene terraces (Übergangsterrassen and Hochterrassen) in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland – new numeric dating results (ESR, OSL, 14C) and gastropod fauna analysis
Gerhard Schellmann
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Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Studies, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Patrick Schielein
Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Studies, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Wolfgang Rähle
Engelfriedshalde 102, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Christoph Burow
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Michael A. Schwenk, Laura Stutenbecker, Patrick Schläfli, Dimitri Bandou, and Fritz Schlunegger
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Anna Gehrmann
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Short summary
This study presents ESR, OSL and C-14 data from Upper and Middle Pleistocene fluvial terraces (Übergangsterrassen, Hochterrassen) and its loess cover in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland. It will be illustrated that the ESR dating of embedded land-snail shells offers a new dating approach with an upper dating limit most probably much older than the penultimate interglacial (MIS 7). Furthermore, it shows that in some areas Hochterrassen gravels are underlain by older interglacial gravel deposits.
This study presents ESR, OSL and C-14 data from Upper and Middle Pleistocene fluvial terraces...
