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Ammann, Brigitta (2010): Lithology of sediment core GREICH2, Greicheralp, Riederalp, Switzerland [dataset]. European Pollen Database (EPD), PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.741356

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Published: 2010-06-14DOI registered: 2010-07-12

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Related to:
van der Knaap, Pim Willem O; Ammann, Brigitta (1997): Depth-age relationships of 25 well-dated Swiss Holocene pollen sequences archived in the Alpine Palynological Data-Base. Revue de Paléobiologie, 16(2), 433-480, hdl:10013/epic.35448.d001
Welten, Max (1982): Vegetationsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen in den westlichen Schweizer Alpen: Bern - Wallis. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft = Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles; Birkhäuser Verlag (Textheft und Diagrammheft), 95, 104 pp, hdl:10013/epic.38672
Coverage:
Latitude: 46.224722 * Longitude: 8.014722
Date/Time Start: 1956-09-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1956-09-17T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.6500 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 4.4500 m
Event(s):
GREICH2 (Greicheralp) * Latitude: 46.224722 * Longitude: 8.014722 * Date/Time: 1956-09-17T00:00:00 * Elevation: 1910.0 m * Location: Greicheralp, Riederalp, Switzerland * Method/Device: Hiller corer (HILC) * Comment: No laminations. Local vegetation: meadowfilled-up depression. Physiography: tectonic depression behind moraine. Surrounding vegetation: meadow.
Comment:
This dataset was archived on 2010-05-11 from the EPD database.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
Depth, top/minDepth topmAmmann, Brigittaof the lithological unit
Depth, bottom/maxDepth botmAmmann, Brigittaof the lithological unit
Lithology/composition/faciesLithologyAmmann, Brigitta
Boundary layer, lowerBound lowAmmann, Brigitta
Size:
22 data points

Data

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Depth sed [m]

Depth top [m]

Depth bot [m]

Lithology

Bound low
0.65000.00001.3000dried-out, incoherent peat
1.55001.30001.8000moist minerotrophic peat
1.90001.80002.0000wooden log
2.96002.00003.9200nearly pure Hypnaceae peat
4.13503.92004.3500black Hypnaceae peat, abundant Glimmer
4.40004.35004.4500sandy gyttjaimpenetrable
4.45004.45004.4500impenetrable sandy gyttja