TY - JOUR
T1 - Loess correlations – Between myth and reality
AU - Marković, Slobodan B.
AU - Stevens, Thomas
AU - Mason, Joseph
AU - Vandenberghe, Jef
AU - Yang, Shiling
AU - Veres, Daniel
AU - Újvári, Gábor
AU - Timar-Gabor, Alida
AU - Zeeden, Christian
AU - Guo, Zhengtang
AU - Hao, Qingzhen
AU - Obreht, Igor
AU - Hambach, Ulrich
AU - Wu, Haibin
AU - Gavrilov, Milivoj B.
AU - Rolf, Christian
AU - Tomić, Nemanja
AU - Lehmkuhl, Frank
PY - 2018/11/15
Y1 - 2018/11/15
N2 - The correlation of loess sequences across global, hemispheric, regional and local scales is one of the most fundamental aspects to loess research. However, despite recent progress in stratigraphic and chronometric methods, the correlation of many loess sequences is often still based on untested assumptions over loess deposition, preservation, soil type and age. As such, the aim of this overview is to provide an adequate framework for evaluation of the accuracy of loess correlations applied on different temporal and spatial scales across Eurasia. This opens up possibilities for detailed temporal and spatial environmental reconstructions across the huge loess provinces of the Eurasia and provides a framework for future extension of this to North America. Additionally, we evaluate the potential development of appropriate sub-millennial scale loess correlations, as well as essentially important chronological approaches for establishing valid correlations between different loess records, such as current improvements in tephrochronology, 14C and luminescence dating techniques.
AB - The correlation of loess sequences across global, hemispheric, regional and local scales is one of the most fundamental aspects to loess research. However, despite recent progress in stratigraphic and chronometric methods, the correlation of many loess sequences is often still based on untested assumptions over loess deposition, preservation, soil type and age. As such, the aim of this overview is to provide an adequate framework for evaluation of the accuracy of loess correlations applied on different temporal and spatial scales across Eurasia. This opens up possibilities for detailed temporal and spatial environmental reconstructions across the huge loess provinces of the Eurasia and provides a framework for future extension of this to North America. Additionally, we evaluate the potential development of appropriate sub-millennial scale loess correlations, as well as essentially important chronological approaches for establishing valid correlations between different loess records, such as current improvements in tephrochronology, 14C and luminescence dating techniques.
KW - Loess-palaeosol sequences
KW - Northern Hemisphere
KW - Pleistocene
KW - Scales
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U2 - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.018
DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.04.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046806198
SN - 0031-0182
VL - 509
SP - 4
EP - 23
JO - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
JF - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ER -