Citation:

PANGAEA.972856

Name: Micropalaeontological data from NEP1, NEP2, NEP3, Nördlingen, southern Germany
Published: 2025-03-27
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Eger floodplain; Eger River; floodplain deposits; macrobotanical remains; Mollusca; Nördlingen; Ostracoda; overbank silt-clay deposition; palaeoenvironmental data; Southern Germany

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Published: 2025-03-27 • DOI registered: 2025-03-27

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Abstract:

Three soil profiles from the Eger floodplain in Nördlingen in southern Germany (NEP1, NEP2 and NEP3), were sampled and micropalaeontological data were collected. Samples were weighted, wet sieved through 125 µm, dried on a heating plate at <60°C, and studied under a stereomicroscope at the University of Jena, Germany. Some specific particles of interest (plant remains, charcoal, mollusc and brick fragments) were assessed in semiquantitative abundance classes for each sample, while all other particles of interest were picked and counted in absolute abundances. This includes Mollusca, Ostracoda, reworked microfossils, macrobotanical remains (seeds and fruits), and insect and bone fragments. Where possible, taxa were identified down to species level.

The data allow to develop a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction through the soil profiles, and can provide information on fluvial activity, landscape development and the general hydrological situation through time. It can in combination with other data corroborate the correlation of the three profiles and the interpretation of the depositional history in the Eger floodplain.

Keyword(s):

Eger floodplain; Eger River; floodplain deposits; macrobotanical remains; Mollusca; Nördlingen; Ostracoda; overbank silt-clay deposition; palaeoenvironmental data; Southern Germany

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. 460849764 : SPP 2361: On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn (DFG), grant/award no. 509893043 : Local pathways to the Fluvial Anthroposphere at Echaz (Rhine) and Eger (Danube). A comparative analysis from c. AD 1100 to 1800

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 48.867870 * Median Longitude: 10.511923 * South-bound Latitude: 48.867173 * West-bound Longitude: 10.511505 * North-bound Latitude: 48.868228 * East-bound Longitude: 10.512653

Date/Time Start: 2023-04-03T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-04-03T16:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, soil: 0.025 m * Maximum DEPTH, soil: 1.025 m

Event(s):

NEP_1 * Latitude: 48.868228 * Longitude: 10.511505 * Date/Time Start: 2023-04-03T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-04-03T16:00:00 * Elevation: 420.6 m * Penetration: 92 cm * Recovery: 92 cm * Location: Nördlingen, Bavaria, Southern Germany * Campaign: (Nördlingen B25 - Logistik Area) * Method/Device: Hand-dug soil profile * Comment: Coordinates were determined with a Emlid REACH RS2+ Multi-band RTK GNSS receiver.

NEP_2 * Latitude: 48.868208 * Longitude: 10.511610 * Date/Time Start: 2023-04-03T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-04-03T16:00:00 * Elevation: 420.6 m * Penetration: 115 cm * Recovery: 115 cm * Location: Nördlingen, Bavaria, Southern Germany * Campaign: (Nördlingen B25 - Logistik Area) * Method/Device: Hand-dug soil profile * Comment: Coordinates were determined with a Emlid REACH RS2+ Multi-band RTK GNSS receiver.

NEP_3 * Latitude: 48.867173 * Longitude: 10.512653 * Date/Time Start: 2023-04-03T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-04-03T16:00:00 * Elevation: 419.5 m * Penetration: 95 cm * Recovery: 95 cm * Location: Nördlingen, Bavaria, Southern Germany * Campaign: (Nördlingen B25 - Logistik Area) * Method/Device: Hand-dug soil profile * Comment: Coordinates were determined with a Emlid REACH RS2+ Multi-band RTK GNSS receiver.

Comment:

File descriptions:

Semiquantitative abundance classes 1(1-2 specimens), 2 (3-10), 3 (11-100), 4 (101-1000), 5 (> 1000)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Zielhofer, Christoph
2	Latitude of event	Latitude		Zielhofer, Christoph
3	Longitude of event	Longitude		Zielhofer, Christoph
4	Sample code/label	Sample label		Zielhofer, Christoph
5	Depth, soil, minimum	Depth soil min	m	Zielhofer, Christoph
6	Depth, soil, maximum	Depth soil max	m	Zielhofer, Christoph
7	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Zielhofer, Christoph		Geocode
8	Sample, dry mass	Samp dm	g	Frenzel, Peter		Dry weight of analysed sample before sieving
9	Abundance class, semiquantitative, brick, fragments	Abund class semiq brick fragm		Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
10	Abundance class, semiquantitative, charcoal	Abund class semiq charcoal		Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
11	Abundance class, semiquantitative, plant remains	Abund class semiq plant rem		Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508	Plant remains/roots
12	Abundance class, semiquantitative, mollusca fragments	Abund class semiq mollusc fragm		Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
13	Cochlicopa lubrica	C. lubrica	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
14	Vitrea crystallina	V. crystallina	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
15	Vallonia pulchella	V. pulchella	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
16	Succinea sp.	Succinea sp.	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
17	Limacidae	Limacidae	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
18	Anisus leucostoma	A. leucostoma	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
19	Valvata cristata	V. cristata	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
20	Valvata piscinalis	V. piscinalis	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
21	Carychium minimum	C. minimum	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
22	Vertigo pygmaea	V. pygmaea	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
23	Planorbidae	Planorbidae	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
24	Unionidae	Unionidae	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
25	Bithynia tentaculata	B. tentaculata	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
26	Bithynia tentaculata	B. tentaculata	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508	Operculae
27	Pisidium amnicum	P. amnicum	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
28	Rubus sp.	Rub.sp	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
29	Juncus sp.	Juncus sp.	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
30	Poa sp.	Poa sp.	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
31	Montia fontana	Mon.f	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
32	Chenopodium sp.	Chenopodium sp.	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
33	Sambucus nigra	Sam.n	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
34	Insects	Insects	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
35	Bone, fragments	Bone fragm	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
36	Ostracoda, reworked	Ostrac rew	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
37	Foraminifera, reworked	Foram rew	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
38	Ostracoda	Ostrac	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
39	Candoninae, juvenile	Candoninae juv	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508
40	Pseudocandona sp.	Pseudocandona sp.	#	Frenzel, Peter	Wet sieving, 125 µm followed by stereo microscope, Zeiss, Stemi 508

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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

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1692 data points

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