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An MIS 8 terrestrial record retrieved from a glacially overdeepened basin in the northern foreland of the European Alps
Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, 1190, Austria
Christopher Lüthgens
Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, 1190, Austria
Thomas Burschil
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources (BGR), Hanover, 30655, Germany
Stephanie Neuhuber
Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, 1190, Austria
Roberta Pini
CNR IGAG, Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeoecology, Milano, 20126, Italy
Oscar Marchhart
Isotope Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Alexander Wieser
Isotope Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Clemens Schmalfuss
Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, 1190, Austria
Ernst Kroemer
Bavarian Environment Agency (LfU), Hof/Saale, 95030, Germany
Markus Fiebig
Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, 1190, Austria
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Short summary
Depositional single-grain feldspar luminescence ages reveal the filling of a glacially overdeepened basin during Marine Isotope Stage 8, representing rare evidence of this time frame in the northern Alpine foreland. Reflection seismic surveys revealed two cross-cutting glacial basins. The dated sediments reveal significantly younger ages than previously assumed. This represents a first step in a re-evaluation of the established Quaternary depositional chronology of the Bavarian Alpine foreland.
Depositional single-grain feldspar luminescence ages reveal the filling of a glacially...
