Sedimentological and malacological comparisons between the Upper Saalian and Upper Weichselian loess superimposed in the Nantois cliff (Brittany, France): Reconstruction of their environments south of the British Ice Sheet

• Published in: ArchéoSciences
• Main Authors: Danukalova, Guzel, Lefort, Jean-Pierre, Monnier, Jean-Laurent, Osipova, Eugenia, Pustoc’h, François, Le Bannier, Jean-Christophe
• Other Authors: Institute of Geology of the Ufimian Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH), Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie (UFR HHAA), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Ministère de la Culture (MC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Quaternary; Nantois site; loess; molluscs; stratigraphy; granulometry; palaeo-environment; Quaternaire; stratigraphie; granulométrie; mollusques; site de Nantois; paléoenvironnement; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; La Falaise; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01702305; https://doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.5001

International audience The site of Nantois is located in Brittany (France), almost at the westernmost end of Europe. The outcrop consists of loam, loess and slope deposits, now continuously eroded by the sea. The layers containing fragments of rock and loam are completely decalcified. Only the loess...