Upper and Middle Pleistocene solifluction deposits in the Stromberg area in Württemberg

Abstract

Article in German.

ORIGINAL TITLE: Über Alt- und Mittelpleistozäne Solifluktionsablagerungen im Stromberggebiet in Württemberg

In a previous publication, one of the authors (D.C. van Dijk) already showed that in the Stromberg region, three phases of solifluction could be distinguished. The oldest solifluction phase is significant: it transported material composed of unclassified Keuper debris, often highly weathered, over a long distance. Its deposits are very clayey. This phase was followed by gully erosion reaching 30 to 40 meters in depth. The second solifluction phase has only local significance. Its flows contain fewer weathered fragments and are also clayey in nature. Elements from the older material are also found in this phase. The first two phases are clearly distinguished from the third phase, whose deposits contain a large amount of loessic silt and laterally grade into pure loess. The third phase is of minor importance.