Pedological analysis as a key for reconstructing primary loess relief - A case study from the Magdalenian site in Klementowice (eastern Poland)

During the 210 years of agricultural use, the eroded surfaces subsided by an average of 0.32 m and, at most, by 0.92 m, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 mm and 4.3 mm per annum respectively. Less than 50% of the eroded soil material was deposited within the investigated slope; most of the material was carried off beyond it. The accumulated surface, however, is 2.5 times smaller than the eroded surface. Hence the accumulation indicators are slightly higher than the erosion indicators.