The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic
ABSTRACT This study presents an overview of Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences (LPS) in northern France and discusses the palaeoclimatic significance of the pedosedimentary record in the context of western European LPS and of global climatic cycles for the last 750 ka. In this area, the ol...
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crwiley:10.1002/jqs.3281 2024-09-30T14:41:35+00:00 The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic Antoine, Pierre Coutard, Sylvie Bahain, Jean‐Jacques Locht, Jean‐Luc Hérisson, David Goval, Emilie 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3281 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3281 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jqs.3281 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Quaternary Science volume 36, issue 8, page 1293-1310 ISSN 0267-8179 1099-1417 journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3281 2024-09-17T04:51:30Z ABSTRACT This study presents an overview of Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences (LPS) in northern France and discusses the palaeoclimatic significance of the pedosedimentary record in the context of western European LPS and of global climatic cycles for the last 750 ka. In this area, the oldest loess deposits (early Middle Pleistocene) are preserved in sedimentary traps (leeward scarps of fluvial terraces and dissolution sinkholes). They result from local deflation processes reworking Pleistocene sandy fluvial deposits or relicts of Tertiary sands. A large extension of typical calcareous loess over the landscape, the Loess Revolution , is then observed during MIS 6, with heavy mineral assemblages testifying to long‐distance transport from the polar desert area of the dried eastern Channel. A correlation scheme is proposed between the global records of northern France in continental environments and both global palaeoclimatic records and other main western European LPS. After 30 years of research, northern France LPS stand as a fundamental archive of the impact of interglacial–glacial climatic cycles as well as millennial events. Finally, these works provide a robust chronoclimatic framework for the study of the western European Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic and for the relative dating of the various fluvial terraces that they fossilise. Article in Journal/Newspaper polar desert Wiley Online Library Journal of Quaternary Science 36 8 1293 1310 |
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ABSTRACT This study presents an overview of Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences (LPS) in northern France and discusses the palaeoclimatic significance of the pedosedimentary record in the context of western European LPS and of global climatic cycles for the last 750 ka. In this area, the oldest loess deposits (early Middle Pleistocene) are preserved in sedimentary traps (leeward scarps of fluvial terraces and dissolution sinkholes). They result from local deflation processes reworking Pleistocene sandy fluvial deposits or relicts of Tertiary sands. A large extension of typical calcareous loess over the landscape, the Loess Revolution , is then observed during MIS 6, with heavy mineral assemblages testifying to long‐distance transport from the polar desert area of the dried eastern Channel. A correlation scheme is proposed between the global records of northern France in continental environments and both global palaeoclimatic records and other main western European LPS. After 30 years of research, northern France LPS stand as a fundamental archive of the impact of interglacial–glacial climatic cycles as well as millennial events. Finally, these works provide a robust chronoclimatic framework for the study of the western European Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic and for the relative dating of the various fluvial terraces that they fossilise. |
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Antoine, Pierre Coutard, Sylvie Bahain, Jean‐Jacques Locht, Jean‐Luc Hérisson, David Goval, Emilie The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic |
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Antoine, Pierre Coutard, Sylvie Bahain, Jean‐Jacques Locht, Jean‐Luc Hérisson, David Goval, Emilie |
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The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic |
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The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic |
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The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic |
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The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic |
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The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic |
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last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern france: environmental background and dating of the western european palaeolithic |
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