Loess and aeolian additions to current surface soils and paleosols in Mediterranean climate
https://ppsg2011.uni-hohenheim.de/94176
Project leaders: Rivka Amit (Israel), Stefano Carnicelli (Italy)
The objectives of AEOMED are:
(i) to assess the spatial pattern of primary and secondary loess deposits across the Mediterranean;
(ii) to analyze primary loess successions in similar geomorphic units of various Mediterranean environments, in order to evaluate the contribution of proximal and distal dust sources to the formation of Mediterranean soils;
(iii) to estimate the potential of dust emission and deposition in the various Mediterranean regions, based on the understanding of the mechanisms of dust generation, transport and deposition;
(iv) to evaluate the rates of loess/dust deposition in the context of palaeo-climate reconstructions;
(v) to detect sources of recent and palaeo-dust/loess around the Mediterranean.