Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4572307 | CATENA | 2009 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The Holocene landscape history and historical soil erosion were reconstructed at Albersdorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) from soils and colluvial layers. In contrast to many landscapes in central Europe, agricultural land use and soil erosion were more frequent during pre-historical times, whereas it has almost ceased after the advent of history. Pre-historical soil erosion rates from about 0.1 to 6.9 t ha− 1 a− 1 were reconstructed with no significant differences between the prehistoric cultural phases. The study of buried soils within the soil/soil-sediment-sequences provided evidence for an acceleration of soil formation processes probably as a consequence of excessive prehistoric woodland pasture on poor sandy soils.
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Authors
Stefan Reiß, Stefan Dreibrodt, Carolin Clara Marie Lubos, Hans-Rudolf Bork,