Holzmaar
Country:
Germany
Region: West Eifel Volcanic Field
Varve Category: mixed varves
Archive Type: lacustrine sediments
Lake Type: volcanic (maar)
Maximum Depth: 20.0
Catchment Area: 2.058
Surface Area: 0.058
Elevation: 425.0
Length of Record: 23220
DOI / Reference Link: Access Link
Reference: Zolitschka, B., A. Brauer, H. Stockhausen, A. Lang & J.F.W. Negendank (2000): Annually dated late Weichselian continental palaeoclimate record from the Eifel, Germany. Geology, 28: 783-786.
Picture 1:
Author of Picture 1: Marmuseum Manderscheid
Description: Aerial photography of Holzmaar
Picture Authors: Bernd Zolitschka
Picture:
Description: Radiography of organo-clastic varves from Lake Holzmaar, West-Eifel Volcanic Field, western Germany. This image from the early Holocene section of the record (870 cm sediment depth) has been obtained with a conventional medical X-ray equipment.
Picture Type: radiographic
Picture:
Description: Organic (diatomaceous) varved lake sediments from Holzmaar, Eifel, Germany. Left: Macroscopic view showing sublaminae composed of diatoms (pale laminas) and organic detritus (dark laminas). Center & Right: Close-up showing the internal varve structure with massive planktonic diatom blooms in pale laminas and larger benthic and epiphytic diatoms in dark laminas.
Picture Type: microscopic
Picture:
Description:
Organo-clastic varves of Holzmaar (scale in cm).
Location:
Region: West Eifel Volcanic Field
Varve Category: mixed varves
Archive Type: lacustrine sediments
Lake Type: volcanic (maar)
Maximum Depth: 20.0
Catchment Area: 2.058
Surface Area: 0.058
Elevation: 425.0
Length of Record: 23220
DOI / Reference Link: Access Link
Reference: Zolitschka, B., A. Brauer, H. Stockhausen, A. Lang & J.F.W. Negendank (2000): Annually dated late Weichselian continental palaeoclimate record from the Eifel, Germany. Geology, 28: 783-786.
Picture 1:
Image
Author of Picture 1: Marmuseum Manderscheid
Description: Aerial photography of Holzmaar
Picture Authors: Bernd Zolitschka
Picture:
Image
Description: Radiography of organo-clastic varves from Lake Holzmaar, West-Eifel Volcanic Field, western Germany. This image from the early Holocene section of the record (870 cm sediment depth) has been obtained with a conventional medical X-ray equipment.
Picture Type: radiographic
Picture:
Image
Description: Organic (diatomaceous) varved lake sediments from Holzmaar, Eifel, Germany. Left: Macroscopic view showing sublaminae composed of diatoms (pale laminas) and organic detritus (dark laminas). Center & Right: Close-up showing the internal varve structure with massive planktonic diatom blooms in pale laminas and larger benthic and epiphytic diatoms in dark laminas.
Picture Type: microscopic
Picture:
Image
Location: