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Stratigraphy and thermoluminescence dating of Late Glacial cover sand in Denmark
Author(s) -
Kolstrup Else,
Grün Rainer,
Mejdahl Vagn,
Packman Susan C.,
Wintle Ann G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390050304
Subject(s) - geology , radiocarbon dating , younger dryas , glacial period , thermoluminescence dating , lithology , paleontology , stadial , sequence (biology) , allerød oscillation , holocene , archaeology , geochemistry , physical geography , geography , genetics , biology
In western Jutland deposits with a texture and structure similar to Dutch cover sands have been found. Investigations have been carried out on the lithology and the lithostratigraphic sequences. Pollen analysis is used for biostratigraphic correlation, and ages have been obtained by the radiocarbon method as well as by thermoluminescence techniques using both quartz and eldspar. The five sites are presented separately and the data are integrated into a general stratigraphic outline of the Late Glacial cover‐sand sequence in Jutland. During the latest part of the Upper Pleniglacial and the earliest Late Glacial, older cover‐sand type was deposited. Locally this sediment was also deposited during the later parts of the Late Glacial. Younger cover‐sand type was deposited primarily during the Early Dryas and Late Dryas, but some sand of this type was also laid down during the Allerød and the earliest Holocene. The palaeobotanical records are discontinuous, but plant growth was probably present throughout the Late Glacial; only during the Altered did the deposition of sand decrease long enough to allow a relatively stable vegetational development. The investigation shows that the sequence of events in Jutland is similar to the Dutch record.