The large number of rural Roman settlements known from the Low Countries is generally characterised by a poor preservation of ecological proxies due to the absence of waterlogged contexts. The riverside site of Wijmeers (Wichelen, Belgium), a small rural settlement located in the Lower Scheldt basin, represents a rare exception to this pattern. Due...
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Floodplain sediment storage is an important component of a catchment’s sediment budget. Here, we present the first quantification of floodplain sediment storage for tropical river catchments draining to Lake Tana, NW Ethiopia. The catchments are characterized by relatively gently sloping to flat lowlands towards the lake (1788 m a.s.l.) and steeper...
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To better understand interglacial paleosol development by quantifying the paleosol development processes on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), we need a soil genesis model calibrated for long timescales. Here, we calibrate a process-based soil genesis model, SoilGen2, by confronting simulated and measured soil properties for the Holocene and MIS-13 p...
Despite the large climatic fluctuations in the Arctic over the Holocene, the dominant mercury (Hg) sources and the potential changes in Hg sources associated with the climate remain unclear. Here, we use Hg isotopes to reconstruct changes in Hg sources and processes in two Svalbard fjord sediment cores spanning the Holocene. The Hg isotope ratios o...
In order to inform decision-making regarding measures to mitigate the impact of induced seismicity in the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands, a comprehensive seismic risk model has been developed. Starting with gas production scenarios and the consequent reservoir compaction, the model generates synthetic earthquake catalogues which are deploye...
The continental shelf north of Central Venezuela is partially or completely structurally controlled by major right lateral strike slip active faults (e.g San Sebastian fault), comprising three physiographic provinces, from west to east: The Golfo Triste Playorm, the Choroni Basin and the La Guaira Platform. The two mentioned platforms are of erosio...
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Grain-size analysis and end-member modeling of the clastic fraction of the 25-kyr sediment sequence from Lake Chala, a meromictic crater lake on the lower east slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro, reveal crucial aspects of climate-driven environmental change in equatorial East Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum. The finely laminated sediments of Lake Chala...
