- Quaternary (3) (remove) - Investigations of the geomorphologic
and pedologic system of sedimentary vega deposits from Lanzarote
(Canary Islands) supported by luminescence dating – important
steps towards their palaeoclimatic interpretation (2007) - On
Lanzarote (Canary Islands/Spain), sequences similar to loess-
palaeosol-sequences from other regions developed in dammed
volcanic valleys during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Based
on former investigations, we assumed that these sequences could
serve as palaeoclimate archives for the NW-African region, an
area characterised by a lack of investigations from continuous
terrestrial palaeoclimate archives. The material deposited in
the valleys consists of Saharan dust as well as of local
volcanic material. Due to their location in valley positions and
adjacent strongly eroded slopes it is obvious that these
sequences do not represent classic loess-palaeosol-archives.
Instead, they must consist of a mixture of in situ aeolian
fallout as well as of sediments deriv