Essays about: "aeolian sediments"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words aeolian sediments.
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1. Late Quaternary Climate Reconstruction Using Rock - Magnetism in Loess on Portelet, Jersey
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Loess is a very fine aeolian sediment that can be used as a proxy for stadial and interstadial glacialperiods. To understand how Earth’s climate have changed and what effects that change have had on theplanet and life on it we can use climate archives. READ MORE
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2. Post-IR IRSL dating of K-feldspar from Loess at Lowland Point, SW England : Developing a Chronology for Past Climate Records
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Loess deposits are terrestrial clastic sediments derived from aeolian deposition. Loess is transported in periglacial conditions and was mainly deposited in cold environments around glaciers during the Quaternary period. READ MORE
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3. Rock-magnetic and Soil Organic Carbon Proxies of Climate Change from Loess – Aeolian Sediments of Brittany, France
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The aeolian sediment loess, which consists of mineral dust, is one of the most detailed terrestrial record of both global and regional climate changes. As climate changes in the past cover a much wider range of climate variability than humans have directly recorded, the soil memory of loess is vital for understanding the Earth’s climate system. READ MORE
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4. Stratigraphy and dating of a lake sediment record from Lyngsjön, eastern Scania : human impact and aeolian sand deposition during the last millennium
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : A small lake in north-eastern Scania, southern Sweden, Lake Lyngsjön, reveals a long history of aeolian sand drift based on a 3 meter long sediment sequence covering the last approximately 1400 years. Human impact, primarily through intensified land use and decreased forest cover, has periodically led to increased aeolian sand drift both locally and regionally. READ MORE
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5. Aeolian and Pedogenic Processes of Loess in Southern England
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Loess is an aeolian sediment that can be utilized as a detailed proxy of past climate, since it is one of few sediments that is deposited directly from the atmosphere on land. Investigation of loess deposits can give understanding of past regional and local wind circulation patterns and velocities, atmospheric dustiness, as well as paleo-precipitation and weathering conditions. READ MORE