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Bosq, Mathieu, Bertran, Pascal, Beauval, Cedric, Kreutzer, Sebastian, Duval, Mathieu, Bartz, Melanie ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-6057, Mercier, Norbert, Sitzia, Luca and Stephan, Pierre (2019). STRATIGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY OF PLEISTOCENE COASTAL DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN AQUITAINE, FRANCE: A REINVESTIGATION. Quaternaire, 30 (1). S. 5 - 21. PARIS: SOC GEOLOGIQUE FRANCE. ISSN 1142-2904

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Abstract

Pleistocene deposits exposed along the coast of the Medoc area, south-west France, represent valuable palaeoenvironmental archives that have been the subject of extensive work in the past few decades. To further understand the palaeoenvironmental history and sedimentary dynamics of these deposits, a detailed lithostratigraphic study was performed on a series of new sections. Additionally, new chronological data were obtained from the combination of luminescence (OSL, IR-RF) and electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of quartz and feldspar grains (Kreutzer et al., 2018). The investigated sections comprise estuarine, lacustrine and peaty deposits (Negade Formation, Argiles du Gurp Formation), aeolian sands (Sables du Gurp Formation) and colluvial units (Gres de l'Amelie Formation). The Argiles du Gurp Formation, in which many remains of Palaeoloxodon antiquus were found, support the hypothesis of a progressive replacement of a tide-influenced marsh by a peaty fresh-water pond during the Holsteinian Interglacial (MIS 11). IR-RF dating of green estuarine clays at L'Amelie, in the northernmost part of the investigated area, strongly suggests that they do not belong to the Argile du Gurp Formation, but were deposited during the MIS 9 sea level highstand. The estuarine deposits are overlain by sandsheets (Sables du Gurp Formation) dated to MIS 10 and MIS 8 at Pointe de la Negade in the southern part of the study area, and to MIS 8 at L'Amelie. Syngenetic frost cracks testify to a periglacial depositional environment. Regional studies show that the Sables du Gurp Formation is a local equivalent of the Sables des Landes Formation, and corresponds to the oldest aeolian phase recorded in south-west France so far. Colluvial material (Gres de l'Amelie Formation) dated to the Weichselian pleniglacial (MIS 2) fill small palaeo-valleys incised in the Sables du Gurp Formation. Holocene coastal dunes cover the whole sequence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bosq, Mathieu UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bertran, Pascal UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Beauval, Cedric UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kreutzer, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Duval, Mathieu UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bartz, Melanie UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-6057 UNSPECIFIED Mercier, Norbert UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sitzia, Luca UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stephan, Pierre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-154577
Journal or Publication Title:	Quaternaire
Volume:	30
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 5 - 21
Date:	2019
Publisher:	SOC GEOLOGIQUE FRANCE
Place of Publication:	PARIS
ISSN:	1142-2904
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MIDDLE-PLEISTOCENE; SEA-LEVEL; PALAEOLOXODON-ANTIQUUS; WEST; MEDOC; MAMMUTHUS; EUROPE; REGION; PERMAFROST; EXTINCTION Multiple languages Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15457