Pedosedimentary and climatic reconstruction of the last interglacial and early glacial loess-paleosol sequence in South Tadzhikistan

Special issue. Developments in micromorphology

Auteurs :
MESTDAGH, H.
HAESAERTS, P.
DODONOV, A.
HUS, J.
VAN DER MEER, J.J.M.

Description :
This paper deals with 2 sections of Southeast Tadshikistan, located in the vicinity of Khovaling : Tagidjar and Darai Kalon. The soil characteristics have been micromorphologically analysed. The distinction between primary and secondary carbonates is of major importance to understand the soil forming processes. Using the present-day climate and soilscape as a reference base, the obtained pedosedimentary events detected in the Tadzhikistan sections provide a detailed palaeoenvironmental record. The amount and the seasonal variability of precipitation, mostly, are at the origin of the variable soils formed during glacial and interglacial ages.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Symposium Developments in Micromorphology, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 1997-01-22, Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 1999, vol. 35, n°. 2-4, p. 197-218, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 37 ref.

Date :
1999

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