Quante, Ella; Zvara, Ema; Pejdanović, Snježana; Volosky, Diego; Kühn, Peter; Werther, Lukas; Zielhofer, Christoph; Frenzel, Peter (2025): Micropalaeontological data from NEP1, NEP2, NEP3, Nördlingen, southern Germany [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973513, In: Zvara, Ema; Pejdanović, Snježana; Schneider, Birgit; Quante, Ella; Saeidi ghavi andam, Sara; Volosky, Diego; Lauer, Tobias; Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E; Marhan, Sven; Kandeler, Ellen; Poll, Christian; Oelmann, Yvonne; Neidhardt, Harald; Lindauer, Susanne; Friedrich, Ronny; Werther, Lukas; Frenzel, Peter; Kühn, Peter; Zielhofer, Christoph (2025): Multidisciplinary analyses of sediment-soil profiles from the Eger floodplain (Nördlingen, southern Germany) [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.972856
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Published: 2025-03-27 • DOI registered: 2025-03-27
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.
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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_NEP_2023 (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_NEP_2023 (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_NEP_2023 (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 |
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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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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1692 data points
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