Paleoenvironmental fluctuations as recorded in the loess-paleosol sequence of the Upper Paleolithic site Krems-Wachtberg

The focus of this study is deciphering stratigraphy by a combination of paleopedological-sedimentological analyses with rock magnetic analyses. On the chronological scale, the sequence records a timespan from ∼35 ka to ∼20 ka. Altogether, there is evidence of five pedogenic units and one archeological layer, which are correlated with the Greenland Interstadials GI 7 to GI 2. However, an equivalent of a MIS 3 interstadial soil - comparable with the Lohne Soil or Stillfried B soil - could not be detected.