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Land use history and historical soil erosion at Albersdorf (northern Germany) - Ceased agricultural land use after the pre-historical period

Sediment dynamics. Special issue

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

REISS, S.
Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the state Brandenburg, Postdam, Allemagne
DREIBRODT, S.
Ecology Centre, Christian Albrechts Univ., Kiel, Allemagne
LUBOS, C.C.M.
Ecology Centre, Christian Albrechts Univ., Kiel, Allemagne
BORK, H.-R.
Ecology Centre, Christian Albrechts Univ., Kiel, Allemagne
Dep. of Earth and Environmental Science, K.U., Leuven, Belgique
LANG, A.
Dep. of Geography, Univ., Liverpool, Royaume-Uni
HOUBEN, P.
Dep. of Physical Geography, Goethe Univ., Frankfurt, Allemagne


Description :
The Holocene landscape history and historical soil erosion were reconstructed at Albersdorf (Schleswig-Holstein) from soils and colluvial layers. In contrast to many landscapes in central Europe, agricultural land use and soil erosion were more frequent during pre-historical times, whereas it has almost ceased after the advent of history. Pre-historical soil erosion rates were reconstructed with no significant differences between the prehistoric cultural phases. The study of buried soils within the soil/soil-sediment-sequences provided evidence for an acceleration of soil formation processes probably as a consequence of excessive prehistoric woodland pasture on poor sandy soils. The results from Albersdorf are compared with data from other sites in Germany to test whether they are significant on a local or regional scale.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 2009, vol. 77, n°. 2, p. 107-118, nombre de pages : 12, Références bibliographiques : 1,5 p.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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