Paläoökologische Beiträge zur Rekonstruktion der holozänen Vegetations-, Moor- und Flussauenentwicklung im Oberrheintiefland

The studies present palaeoecological analysis of two areas in the Upper Rhine river valley. In the northern part of the Upper Rhine river valley studies concentrates on palaeomeanders of the Rhine river nearby Jockgrim, north-west of Karlsruhe. In the southern part the mire “Wasenweiler Ried” between Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg served as a study area. The aim of the research was to reconstruct the development of the mires in the Holocene, taking into account the development of local mire- and aquatic vegetation, and reconstruction of the vegetation at the mineral locations around the mires. In addition to these two main emphasises the research also provides new cognitions about the development of the Rhine river floodplain and genesis of the landscape during the Holocene. Pollen analysis served as main method assisted by radiocarbon dating, supplemented by litho- and stratigraphical methods as well as analyses of vegetative plant macrofossils and molluscs.