Periglacial sediments in an Eemian-Weichselian succession at Emmerlev Klev, southwestern Jutland, Denmark

The climatic change from warm temperate interglacial Eemian to full periglacial Weichselian conditions is demonstrated in a sedimentary record from Emmerlev Klev in southwestern Jutland, Denmark. Situated in a topographic low, Eemian peat is overlain by niveo-fluvial and some eolian Weichselian sediments, indicating nivation to have been important for the periglacial transformation of the Saalian glacial landscapes. The transition from Eemian to early Weichselian is represented by a unit W1, consisting of thin eolian sand layers, organic layers and mixed layers of primarily niveo-fluvial origin, that started to be deposited from 91 ± 10 to 75 ± 7 ka B.P. A middle Weichselian unit, W2, consisting of thicker sand layers, also of niveo-fluvial origin, deposited from 45.5 ± 2.5 ka B.P., overlies the W1 unit. In unit W2 a sand wedge is dated at 33.5 ± 1.5 ka B.P.