Recolonization of a Middle Eocene volcanic site: quantitative palynology of the initial phase of the maar lake of Messel (Gennany)
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Recolonization of a Middle Eocene volcanic site: quantitative palynology of the initial phase of the maar lake of Messel (Gennany)
Lenz, O. K.; Wilde, V. & Riegel, W. (2007)
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 145(3-4) pp. 217-242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.11.001
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- Authors
- Lenz, Olaf Klaus; Wilde, Volker; Riegel, Walter
- Abstract
- The research well "Messel 2001" penetrated the sediments of the Middle Eocene maar lake at Messel (near Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany) completely. The core includes 140 m of lacustrine oil-shale overlying 90 m of clastic lake sediments which are assigned to the Middle and Lower Messel Formation, respectively. Numerical techniques like TWINSPAN and correspondence analysis have been applied to a high-resolution palynological study. The Lower Messel Formation is equivalent to the Initial Lake Phase and shows a clear succession of pollen and spore associations representing a succession of plant communities colonizing and invading the area which was previously devastated by the eruption(s). On the basis of the TWINSPAN, an Early and a Late Initial Lake Phase may be distinguished. But, throughout the Initial Lake Phase, the regional climax vegetation did not change substantially and had re-occupied the area finally at a time roughly representing the boundary between the Lower and the Middle Messel Formation. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Issue Date
- 2007
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Organization
- Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum ; Abteilung Geobiologie
- ISSN
- 0034-6667