Title: A meta-database for recent paleolimnological studies
Abstract: Figure 1: Distribution of sites across Europe in the Euro-limpacs paleo meta-database. Red circles indicate sites in the database where recent paleolimnological data are available, green circles indicate sites where both paleolimnological and monitoring time-series data are available. human interference for increasing riverine sediment fl uxes. Due to the large scatter, which results from the spatial lumping at the regional scale, the exact timing of the increase is diffi cult to assess and smaller climate driven variations are not detectable. Additionally, fl oodplains are only a part of the river sediment system—and in most cases only accretion rates have been determined. More detailed reconstructions of past sediment fl ux will be possible as database build-up proceeds. References: Dearing, J.A. and Jones, R.T., 2003: Coupling temporal and spatial dimensions of global sediment fl ux through lake and marine sediment records, Global and Planetary Change, 39(1-2): 147-168. Hoff mann, T., Erkens, G., Cohen, K., Houben, P., Seidel, J. and Dikau, R., 2007: Holocene fl oodplain sediment storage and hillslope erosion within the Rhine catchment, The Holocene, 17(1): 105-118. Knox, J.C., 2006: Floodplain sedimentation in the Upper Mississippi Valley: Natural versus human accelerated, Geomorphology, 79: 286-310. Lang, A., Bork, H.R., Mackel, R., Preston, N., J. Wunderlich and Dikau, R., 2003: Changes in sediment fl ux and storage within a fl uvial system some examples from the Rhine catchment, Hydrological Processes, 17: 3321–3334. Shi, C.X., Dian, Z. and You, L.Y., 2002: Changes in sediment yield of the Yellow River basin of China during the Holocene, Geomorphology, 46(3-4): 267-283.