Luminescence dating of the Rissian type section in southern Germany as a base for correlation

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ID14978142
AutoresEike F Rades (0000-0002-6287-6775), Markus Fiebig (0000-0002-0491-0832), Christopher Lüthgens (0000-0003-3211-6318)
Año2018
Volumen478
Páginas38-50
Fecha de publicación2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQuaternary International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.quaint.2016.07.055
OpenAlexW2513770638
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas41

The exact timing of the Rissian has been under discussion since being established by Penck and Brückner (1909) at the beginning of the 20th century. Difficulties in correlating and especially dating the sediments associated with the Rissian have led to different nomenclatures in the different regions of the Northern Alpine Foreland (NAF). Various dating approaches have led so far to often unsatisfying results. In this study we successfully dated the “High Terrace Gravels” of the Rissian type section. Using single grain feldspar luminescence we were able to evade the problems of incomplete bleaching in fluvioglacial sediments. Using the post Infrared IRSL protocol (at 225 °C) we were able to show that the feldspar in the research area only shows low rates of anomalous fading. We were able to show that these low fading rates have an influence on the age determination. This is remarkable because many of the signals were close to saturation. The conclusive age range of 149 ± 15–179 ± 17 ka corresponds to Marine Isotope Stage 6. Defining an age for the Rissian is a first step to consolidate the heterogeneous nomenclature and to reconstruct the chronology of past major Alpine glaciations

Archaeology · Base (topology · Geography · Mineralogy · Section (typography · Thermoluminescence dating · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Mathematics · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Planetary Science and Exploration · Geology