J. Vandenberghe et al., SHORT CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS IN A WESTERN-EUROPEAN LOESS SEQUENCE (KESSELT, BELGIUM), JQS. Journal of quaternary science, 13(5), 1998, pp. 471-485
This new study of the loess section at Kesselt is focused mainly on th
e reconstruction of palaeoenvironments of the last glacial period in t
he Belgian-Dutch region. Detailed grain-size analyses, in combination
with the study of the palaeosols and periglacial structures, indicate
the occurrence of climatic cycles during loess deposition. Permafrost
development coincided with enhanced deposition of relatively coarse lo
ess and alternated with permafrost degradation, decreased deposition o
f finer loess and tundra soil formation. A newly designated palaeosol
('Lafelt Soil') is described in detail, particularly in terms of its m
icromorphological properties. It is a Luvisol and its chronostratigrap
hical position is still open to debate, but radiocarbon dating places
it in the Weichselian Middle Pleniglacial. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons,
Ltd.