Grainsize composition of composite sediment core ROD11 from the crater basin of Rodderberg, Germany

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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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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.975229
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107932
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101535
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3654
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1127/1860-1804/2014/0071
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Creator Zolitschka, Bernd ORCID logo; Frechen, Manfred
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference German Research Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 420499726 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/420499726 Suborbital-scale climate variability of the last three glacial/interglacial cycles – high-resolution environmental reconstructions from sediments of the Rodderberg crater (Germany)
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 14348 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (7.192 LON, 50.645 LAT); Rodderberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Temporal Coverage Begin 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z