The geomorphological and sedimentological legacy of the historical Lake Lorsch within the Weschnitz floodplain (northeastern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany)
The artificial historical Lake Lorsch (1474/1479 to 1718/1720 CE) in the northeastern Upper Rhine Graben (Germany) is known from various historical sources (e.g., for fish farming) as a significant anthropogenic imprint of the Weschnitz floodplain. Nevertheless, there have been no geomorphological a...
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Quaternary science journal
Year: 2026, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18 |
| ISSN: | 2199-9090 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/egqsj-75-1-2026 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-1-2026 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/75/1/2026/ 
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| Author Notes: | Felix Henselowsky, Peter Fischer, Elena Appel, Barbara Jäger, Nicolai Hillmus, Helen Sandbrink, Thomas Becker, Roland Prien, Gerrit Jasper Schenk, Bertil Mächtle, Udo Recker, Olaf Bubenzer, and Andreas Vött |
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