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Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late- and Postglacial sedimentary record of Lake Weinfelder Maar

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Paleolimnology of European Maar Lakes

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Three cores from the center of Lake Weinfelder Maar revealed a sediment column consisting of two different facies. The Late Glacial sequence is dominated by minerogenic material influenced by slumping, while the more organic Holocene sequence is characterized by periods of siderite lamination. Counting of these lamination provides an estimated chronology. Additionally, formation of siderite lamination indicates changes of paleoenvironment. It is assumed that during Holocene the lake changed from holomictic to meromictic conditions and vice versa. Meromixis was initiated by an increase in biological activity. Corresponding changes of trophic state are caused by climatic evolution during early Holocene and by a combination of climatic and anthropogenic influences during historical times.

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Brauer, A., Negendank, J.F.W. (1993). Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late- and Postglacial sedimentary record of Lake Weinfelder Maar. In: Negendank, J.F.W., Zolitschka, B. (eds) Paleolimnology of European Maar Lakes. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0117599

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