Zolitschka, Bernd; Frechen, Manfred (2025): Grainsize composition of composite sediment core ROD11 from the crater basin of Rodderberg, Germany [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.975229
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Published: 2025-02-14 • DOI registered: 2025-03-15
Abstract:
Grainsize data supports palaeoclimatic reconstruction of glacial/interglacial cycles for the Middle Pleistocene sediment record from the crater basin of Rodderberg, Germany. A sediment record measuring 72.8 m in length was retrieved by employing wire-line drilling techniques, utilising 3 m-long liners, from the silted-up crater basin of Rodderberg (East Eifel Volcanic Field) in the vicinity of the city of Bonn, Germany. For the purpose of grainsize analysis, the composite record ROD11 was systematically subsampled at a spatial resolution of 2 cm and examined through a laser diffraction particle size analyser (Beckman Coulter LS 13320). The resulting sedimentological data characterise glacials as silt-dominated (aeolian sediments: loess), interglacials as sand-dominated (runoff-related deposits from the step crater walls) and clay dominance for the Holocene soil. The terrestrial sediment record has been evaluated through multiple dating techniques and it provides a comprehensive environmental reconstruction since the Middle Pleistocene, thus providing valuable insights into the region's climate history.
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Zolitschka, Bernd; Hogrefe, Ines; Lee, An-Sheng; Binot, Franz; Frechen, Manfred (in prep.): Climate-modulated lake levels control accumulation and erosion for the quasi-continuous sediment record from Rodderberg of the last 440 ka (East Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany).
References:
Schläfli, Patrick; Gobet, Erika; Hogrefe, Ines; Bittmann, Felix; Schlunegger, Fritz; Zolitschka, Bernd; Tinner, Willy (2023): New vegetation history reconstructions suggest a biostratigraphic assignment of the lowermost Rodderberg interglacial (Germany) to MIS 11. Quaternary Science Reviews, 302, 107932, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107932
Zhang, Junjie; Zolitschka, Bernd; Hogrefe, Ines; Tsukamoto, Sumiko; Binot, Franz; Frechen, Manfred (2024): High-resolution luminescence-dated sediment record for the last two glacial-interglacial cycles from Rodderberg, Germany. Quaternary Geochronology, 82, 101535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101535
Zolitschka, Bernd; Preusser, Frank; Zhang, Junjie; Hogrefe, Ines; Froitzheim, Nikolaus; Böning, Philipp; Schläfli, Patrick; Bittmann, Felix; Binot, Franz; Frechen, Manfred (2024): Stratigraphy and dating of Middle Pleistocene sediments from Rodderberg, Germany. Journal of Quaternary Science, 39(7), 1011-1030, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3654
Zolitschka, Bernd; Rolf, Christian; Bittmann, Felix; Binot, Franz; Frechen, Manfred; Wonik, Thomas; Froitzheim, Nikolaus; Ohlendorf, Christian (2014): Pleistocene climatic and environmental variations inferred from a terrestrial sediment record - the Rodderberg Volcanic Complex near Bonn, Germany. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 165, 407-427, https://doi.org/10.1127/1860-1804/2014/0071
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 420499726: Suborbital-scale climate variability of the last three glacial/interglacial cycles – high-resolution environmental reconstructions from sediments of the Rodderberg crater (Germany)
Coverage:
Latitude: 50.645000 * Longitude: 7.192000
Date/Time Start: 2011-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-01-31T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.01 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 72.91 m
Event(s):
ROD11 * Latitude: 50.645000 * Longitude: 7.192000 * Date/Time Start: 2011-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-01-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 147.2 m * Penetration: 74 m * Location: Rodderberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: Project Rodderberg: http://www.rodderberg.org
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Zolitschka, Bernd | Composite records | Geocode |
| 2 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Zolitschka, Bernd | Geocode | |
| 3 | Clay | Clay | % | Zolitschka, Bernd | Laser diffraction particle size analyser, Beckman Coulter, LS13 320 | <5.5 µm |
| 4 | Silt | Silt | % | Zolitschka, Bernd | Laser diffraction particle size analyser, Beckman Coulter, LS13 320 | 5.5-63 µm |
| 5 | Sand | Sand | % | Zolitschka, Bernd | Laser diffraction particle size analyser, Beckman Coulter, LS13 320 | >63 µm |
| 6 | Grain size, mean | Grain size mean | µm | Zolitschka, Bernd | Laser diffraction particle size analyser, Beckman Coulter, LS13 320 | Volumetric mean |
| 7 | Comment | Comment | Zolitschka, Bernd |
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