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Ammann, Brigitta (2010): Lithology of sediment core SPITTEL, Simplon/Gampisch-Alter Spittel, Switzerland [dataset]. European Pollen Database (EPD), PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.741749

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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: 46.230278 * Longitude: 8.011389
Date/Time Start: 1973-09-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1973-09-15T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 1.6500 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 4.3000 m
Event(s):
SPITTEL (Simplon-AlterSpittel) * Latitude: 46.230278 * Longitude: 8.011389 * Date/Time: 1973-09-15T00:00:00 * Elevation: 1885.0 m * Location: Simplon/Gampisch-Alter Spittel, Switzerland * Method/Device: Hiller corer (HILC) * Comment: No laminations. right in the middle of the mire. Local vegetation: nearly ombrotrophic mire vegetation. Area: 0.04 ha. filled-up natural lake. Physiography: within last glaciation, hill top. Surrounding vegetation: Ericac., few Pinus unc.,Sorbus and Larix.
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:
16 data points

Data

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Depth sed [m]

Depth top [m]

Depth bot [m]

Lithology

Bound low
1.65000.00003.3000minerotrophic peat with fungal hyphens
3.40003.30003.5000transition peat - gyttja
3.57503.50003.6500gyttja
3.97503.65004.3000clayey gyttjaimpenetrable stone
4.30004.30004.3000impenetrable stone