Evidence of the presence of the Eltville tuff layer in Dutch and Belgian Limbourg and the consequences for the loess stratigraphy.

Abstract

The discovery of the Eltville tuff in this region just beneath the Kesselt paleosol (=Horizon of Nagelbeek), means that this paleosol is stratigraphically equivalent to the E4 tundragley. This is in conflict with the prevailing concept in Belgium and The Netherlands, according to which the Kesselt paleosol is correlated with the Stillfried-B paleosol, formed during the Denekamp interstadial and lying in a stratigraphical position beneath the Eltville tuff. The Stillfried-B paleosol is about 10 000 years older than the E4 tundragley. -from Authors