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Tunnel valleys in the southeastern North Sea: more data, more complexity
Arne Lohrberg
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Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Jens Schneider von Deimling
Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Henrik Grob
Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Kai-Frederik Lenz
Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Sebastian Krastel
Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 73, 101–116, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-101-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-101-2024, 2024
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Martin Kehl, Katharina Seeger, Stephan Pötter, Philipp Schulte, Nicole Klasen, Mirijam Zickel, Andreas Pastoors, and Erich Claßen
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 73, 41–67, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-41-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-41-2024, 2024
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The loess–palaeosol sequence (LPS) at Rheindahlen provides a detailed sedimentary archive of past climate change. Furthermore, it contains Palaeolithic find horizons indicating repeated occupations by Neanderthals. The age of loess layers and the timing of human occupation are a matter of strong scientific debate. We present new data to shed light on formation processes and deposition ages. Previous chronostratigraphic estimates are revised providing a reliable chronostratigraphic framework .
Denis Cohen, Guillaume Jouvet, Thomas Zwinger, Angela Landgraf, and Urs H. Fischer
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Nicholas J. Conard
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Tobias Sprafke
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Jürgen Ehlers
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Philip L. Gibbard
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Robert Huber, Robert Darga, and Hans Lauterbach
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Anna Gehrmann
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Gerhard Schellmann, Patrick Schielein, Wolfgang Rähle, and Christoph Burow
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We present an update on the distribution of tunnel valleys in the southeastern North Sea between Amrum and Heligoland based on active seismic data. Our results demonstrate that very dense grids of seismic profiles are needed to understand the distribution and the formation of tunnel valleys in a given region. We also demonstrate that acquiring offshore active seismic data is time- and cost-effective to learn more about the formation and filling of tunnel valleys in different geological settings.
We present an update on the distribution of tunnel valleys in the southeastern North Sea between...