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The geomorphological and sedimentological legacy of the historical Lake Lorsch within the Weschnitz floodplain (northeastern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany)
Felix Henselowsky
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Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johannes-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Peter Fischer
Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johannes-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Elena Appel
Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johannes-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Barbara Jäger
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Nicolai Hillmus
Institute of History, History of the Middle Ages, Technical University of Darmstadt, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Helen Sandbrink
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Becker
Hessian State Office for Monuments and Sites, Archaeological Unit (HessenARCHÄOLOGIE), Field office Darmstadt, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Roland Prien
Hessian State Office for Monuments and Sites, Archaeological Unit (HessenARCHÄOLOGIE), Field office Darmstadt, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Gerrit Jasper Schenk
Institute of History, History of the Middle Ages, Technical University of Darmstadt, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Bertil Mächtle
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Udo Recker
Hessian State Office for Monuments and Sites, Schloss Biebrich, 65203 Wiesbaden, Germany
Olaf Bubenzer
Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Andreas Vött
Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johannes-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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The historical Lake Lorsch in the Upper Rhine Graben (Germany) is a good example of how humans have changed the fluvial and hydrological systems in the area for at least 500 years. Interdisciplinary research from geomorphology and historical sciences have reconstructed the history based on old maps, digital elevation models and drillings. The results show a sophisticated system of artificial in- and outflows, which partly still exist today, and represent long-term changes in the Weschnitz floodplain.
The historical Lake Lorsch in the Upper Rhine Graben (Germany) is a good example of how humans...
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