E&G Quaternary Science Journal
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
EGQSJ
Articles | Volume 74, issue 2
Articles | Volume 74, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-235-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-235-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 74, issue 2
Research article
 | 
12 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 12 Nov 2025

Silts with a human touch: the shift from natural to anthropogenically controlled fluvial dynamics in the Kinzig River floodplains, southwestern Germany

Charlotte E. Engelmann, Frank Preusser, Alexander Fülling, Jakob Wilk, Elisabeth Eiche, Dennis Quandt, Stefan Hergarten, and Jan H. Blöthe

Viewed

Total article views: 755 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
595 126 34 755 38 28 28
  • HTML: 595
  • PDF: 126
  • XML: 34
  • Total: 755
  • Supplement: 38
  • BibTeX: 28
  • EndNote: 28
Views and downloads (calculated since 12 Nov 2025)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 12 Nov 2025)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 745 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 745 with geography defined and 0 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 29 Jan 2026
Download
Short summary
It is unclear since when and how meso-scale central European river systems have been dominated by human instead of natural influences. Here, the floodplain sediments of the Kinzig River, southwestern Germany, were studied as they recorded natural and human landscape changes. Sediment deposition phases were found, the modern phase of which coincides with increased deposition and heavy metal contaminations that correlate with mining records, indicating that the river system has shifted intensely over 1000 years.
Read more
Share
Special issue
Floodplain architecture of fluvial anthropospheres