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https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-41-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-41-2024
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26 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2024

Loess formation and chronology at the Palaeolithic key site Rheindahlen, Lower Rhine Embayment, Germany

Martin Kehl, Katharina Seeger, Stephan Pötter, Philipp Schulte, Nicole Klasen, Mirijam Zickel, Andreas Pastoors, and Erich Claßen

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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 .