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Fluvial activity of the late-glacial to Holocene “Bergstraßenneckar” in the Upper Rhine Graben near Heidelberg, Germany – first results
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Felix Henselowsky
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Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz,
Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Fabian Roth
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Annette Kadereit
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Manuel Herzog
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Stefan Hecht
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Susanne Lindauer
Curt-Engelhorn-Centre Archaeometry, D6, 3, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Olaf Bubenzer
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Gerd Schukraft
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld
348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
deceased, April 2020
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Short summary
The late-glacial Bergstraßenneckar is a former course of the Neckar River in the Upper Rhine Graben of southwest Germany at a time when the confluence with the Rhine river was 50 km further to the north. The former river bends are still visible in topographic maps and satellite imagery. Sediment cores and geophysical measurements from the former river channels let us reconstruct the shift from a running river to silting-up meanders and permit us to date this to ca. 11 000 to 10 500 years ago.
The late-glacial Bergstraßenneckar is a former course of the Neckar River in the Upper Rhine...
