TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Wechler, Klaus-Peter T1 - Late Holocene eolian fossilization of Podzols in Northeastern Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria N2 - The North European lowland has been formed by glacial and periglacial processes in the Late Pleistocene. Multiple reshaping since the Late Glacial considerably changed the landscape up to and including especially historic times. Sediment sequences and (fossilized) soils can improve our understanding of Late Quaternary landscape development, but mapping of buried soils and surfaces is often limited to single outcrops. Ongoing archaeological rescue excavations in the pre-field of the open-cast mine Cottbus-Nord (northeastern Germany) with dense excavation trenches in an about 10 ha dune and drift sand area reveal multilayered sediment sequences with fossilized soils and sediments from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene. Archaeological findings ranging from Mesolithic flint stones to an about 200 year old ceramics in eolian sediments covering plow horizons and wheel tracks suggest that eolian relocation of sandy material was intensive about 200 years ago. Still unpublished OSL dating underline the intense eolian activity. Recent studies showed that between the 15Th to the 19Th century an iron smelter 5 km to the west of our study site was supplied with charcoal, which was produced in a forest 5 km east to our study site. Our current findings about Late Holocene eolian activity raise the question if this eolian reshaping of the landscape is connected with the operation of the iron smelter either directly by transport or bog iron ore winning or indirectly by population pressure caused by the prospering iron smelter. Our ongoing research indicates, that already for historic land-use off-site effects causing further landscape changes have to be considered. Y1 - 2016 N1 - EGU2016-5754-1 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Nicolay, Alexander A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Błaszkiewicz, Mirosław A1 - Kordowski, Jarosław A1 - Noryskiewicz, Agnieszka M. A1 - Tyszkowski, Sebastian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Late Quaternary soil genesis and geomorphodynamics in Northern Poland T2 - 2nd Annual ICLEA Workshop 2013, Dynamics of climate and landscape evolution of cultural landscapes in the Northern Central European Lowlands since the last ice age, Abstract volume & Excursion guide Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-13047 SP - S. 43 PB - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ CY - Potsdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Takla, Melanie A1 - Nicolay, Alexander A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Rösler, Horst T1 - Landnutzungsgeschichte und historische Landschaftsentwicklung in der Niederlausitz – Neue Befunde und aktuelle Forschung T2 - Jahrestagung Arbeitskreis Geoarchäologie, Tübingen, 4. Mai bis 7. Mai 2016 N2 - Seit 2010 untersucht eine interdisziplinäre Forschergruppe der BTU, des BLDAM und des LBGR die Landnutzungsgeschichte sowie die natürliche und anthropogen induzierte Landschaftsentwicklung in der Niederlausitz, Brandenburg. Systematische archäologische Grabungen des BLDAM im Vorfeld der laufenden Tagebaue sind eine wichtige Grundlage für geopedologische Untersuchungen. Die Arbeiten hatten zunächst ihren räumlichen Schwerpunkt in den Braunkohletagebauen nordöstlich von Cottbus (Tgb. Cottbus Nord, Tgb. Jänschwalde) und wurden dann ausgedehnt auf weitere Forstflächen nördlich von Peitz. Wir geben einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse der letzten Jahre, präsentieren aktuelle Ergebnisse und zeigen zukünftige Forschungsfelder auf. Im Tagebau Jänschwalde sind zwischenzeitlich mehr als 1000 Relikte von Holzkohlmeilern (HKM) als Zeugen einer intensiven historischen Holznutzung archäologisch dokumentiert. Mit Stand Januar 2016 liegen Dendroalter von 64 HKM vor. Die Alter schwanken zwischen dem ausgehenden 16. Jahrhundert und der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, was in etwa dem Betriebszeitraum des Hüttenwerks in Peitz entspricht. Die Mehrzahl der Meiler datiert auf den Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts. Weitere Hinterlassenschaften der historischen Landnutzung sind u.a. Wölbäcker und begrabene Ackerböden. Fossile Böden und ehemalige Landoberflächen sind stellenweise mit äolischen Sedimenten überdeckt. 14C- und OSL-Datierungen an diesen Böden und Sedimenten lassen auf eine Intensivierung der äolischen Aktivität zur slawischen Zeit und im Deutschen Mittelalter schließen. Einige Relikte von HKM sind mit Sand überweht worden, und an einer Stelle konnte das Alter dieser äolischen Sedimentation mittels Dendrodatierung des begrabenen Meilers auf1850 oder jünger bestimmt werden. Allerdings stellt dies die Ausnahme dar. Der weitaus größere Teil der HKM-Relikte liegt direkt an der Oberfläche und ist nicht begraben, was auf eine sehr geringe Winderosion in der Neuzeit schließen lässt. Seit 2015 konnte im Rahmen des DFG-Projekts „Räumliche und zeitliche Dimension der historischen Köhlerei im Tauerschen Forst (Niederlausitz, Brandenburg). Ein Beitrag zur Kulturlandschaftsentwicklung des Norddeutschen Tieflands“ (Az RA 1129/3-1; RA 931/6-1) ein weiteres Gebiet mit hoher HKM-Dichte untersucht werden. Erste Auswertungen der LiDAR-Daten ergeben eine Anzahl von 4449 ehemaligen Meilerstandorten im Tauerschen Forst. 26 Meilerstellen sind beprobt, die Dendroalter hierzu sind in Bearbeitung. Ebenfalls in jüngerer Zeit fanden Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung von HKM-Relikten für das gesamte Land Brandenburg statt. Mit Hilfe eines binären Modells wurden Gebiete mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit von HKM-Standorten detektiert. Im Rahmen des im November 2016 beginnenden DFG-Projekts „Die historische Köhlerei in Brandenburg - Analyse der räumlichen Dimension und der Effekte auf bodenhydraulische Eigenschaften“ (SCHN 1349/1-1) sollen nun neben der Verbreitung der historischen Köhlerei auch bodenrelevante Auswirkungen beschrieben und bewertet werden. Y1 - 2016 UR - https://akgeoarchaeologie.de/de/180 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Rösler, Horst A1 - Takla, Melanie A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Ritschl, Bosse A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Schopper, Franz ED - Bönisch, Eberhard T1 - Geophysikalische Prospektion und Mikrodrohnenbefliegungen zur Dokumentation von Meilerplätzen in der Jänschwalder Heide T2 - Ausgrabungen im Niederlausitzer Braunkohlerevier 2013/2014 Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-910011-79-3 SP - 145 EP - 154 PB - Brandenburgisches LAndesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum CY - Zossen OT Wünsdorf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Takla, Melanie A1 - Nicolay, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Rösler, Horst T1 - Integrative Application of Traditional and Cutting-Edge Techniques to Reconstruct Holocene Earth Surface Processes and Landscape Dynamics - A Case Study from the Northern German Lowland T2 - AGU Joint Assembly, Montreal, 2015, abstracts listing N2 - This study outlines the opportunities to reconstruct Holocene landscape dynamics in active opencast lignite mines in southern Brandenburg (Germany). Studies on extensive outcrops that address geomorphology, pedology and archaeology provide unique insights into human-induced environmental changes. Our approach uses a variety of traditional and cutting-edge techniques to characterize small-scale landforms (high-resolution DEMs by micro-drone and LiDAR), to analyze soils and substrate properties in the field (GPR, ERT, geomagnetics, Field Portable XRF and XRD) and to provide chronological information (OSL, 14C, tree-ring dating). This approach is combined with a GIS for data integration. We present the most recent results and review important findings from the last several years. Studies conducted in the opencast mines focus on soil development and Late Quaternary geomorphodynamics and as well as past land use and the legacy of agriculture and woodland use. Our results regarding the human-induced geomorphodynamics are similar to those in other regions in Central Europe, but we also observe regional differences caused by the local setting, e.g., intensification of soil erosion coinciding with the expansion of farming of cultivated lands in the Slavic Middle Ages. By analyzing LiDAR data the largest area of historical charcoal production in the Northern European Lowland (NEL) has been revealed. We are clearly only beginning to understand the massive dimensions of charcoal production in the region and the impact on late Holocene geomorphodynamics. The usage of new high-resolution imagery is essential to identify small-scale anthropogenic landforms hidden in the landscape. Future work will consist of developing and improving our integrative approach. However, comprehensive ground truth data provided by the archaeological prospections in the open-cast mines are an excellent basis for GIS-based analyses of high-resolution ALS data and geomorphological research. Y1 - 2015 UR - http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/2015_Joint_Assembly_Abstract_Proceedings.pdf N1 - ES33A-01 SP - 135 EP - 136 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Takla, Melanie A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Rösler, Horst T1 - Mapping historic charcoal production fields from excavation to landscape scale T2 - AGU Joint Assembly, Montreal, 2015, abstracts listing N2 - In the forefield of the open-cast mine Jänschwalde (north of Cottbus, Germany), archaeological excavations have revealed one of the largest charcoal production fields described so far. As remains of the historic charcoal kilns, small mounds of sediment rich in charcoal fragments and ash cover the soil surface. We applied a combination of methods for mapping such kiln relicts across a range of scales, in order to analyze the spatial distribution of kiln sites and to improve the understanding of historic forest use systems. In archaeological excavations in the mine forefield, the geometry of kiln relicts could be studied in high detail. We used a microdrone to record high-resolution photographs of excavation sites for the documentation of kiln site ground plans and other traces of historic land use. Based on airborne laser scanning elevation models, kiln site mapping was extended to areas beyond the mine forefield. Manual digitization from shaded relief maps was used for mapping kiln sites in further woodland areas surrounding an historic ironwork north of Cottbus. An automated mapping approach based on template matching was developed to detect charcoal production fields on a larger scale, and was applied for an area of about 1000 km2up to now. In archaeological excavations, about 900 kiln sites have been documented on an approximately 17 km2 large area. Excavation documentations and aerial photographs show variations in the kiln site ground plans. By manual digitization from Shaded Relief Maps, more than 5000 kiln sites with diameters up to 29 m were detected in the 32 km2 area of the royal forest Jänschwalder Heide north of Cottbus. First results of mapping for larger areas indicate similar densities, but smaller diameters of kiln sites in other charcoal production fields; and show that charcoal production is a so far underestimated component of the land use history in many areas in the Northern European Lowlands. Y1 - 2015 UR - http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/doc/2015_Joint_Assembly_Abstract_Proceedings.pdf N1 - GA44A-0124 SP - 168 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Occurrence, micromorphology, and soil chemistry of Fuchserden (Rhodic Arenosols) on sandy deposits in northeastern Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria N2 - In the sandy deposits from the Late Pleistocene in the Northern European lowlands, the local appearance of red subsoils emerges the question of their formation and palaeoenvironmental significance. According to the WRB this soil is classified as Rhodic Arenosols, but in the German Guidelines for Soil Mapping this soil is still unconsidered because the age and genesis is unclear. Due to the intense red subsoil, the working title of this soil is ‘Fuchserde’. Whereas rubefication is a characteristic feature of soils in regions with warm and dry summers like in the Mediterranean, the occurrence of red subsoil horizons containing hematite in soils in northeastern Germany is not an indicator for tropic or Mediterranean climate conditions. Already the appearance of Fuchserden on sandy deposits from the last glaciation objects earlier theories that consider these soils as a relictic soil formation from the last interglacial or even the Palaeogene or Neogene. To characterize the genesis of the Fuchserden, we focused on four different study sites in northeastern Germany. We present our findings from soil micromorphology and the identification of the iron(hydr)oxides by FTIR. Our results give new insights on the development of the Fuchserden and the importance of lateral input of iron for their genesis. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4000-1.pdf N1 - EGU2017-4000-1 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke van der A1 - Maaten, Ernst van der A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Soil physics and chemistry at a medieval ridge and furrow site in northeastern Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria N2 - The usage of non-reversible ploughs, mainly during the Middle Ages and until historic times, led to the formation of ridge and furrow systems. Due to improvements of agricultural techniques, these historic agricultural sites were often abandoned and are now marginal land. The parallel ridges and furrows are usually, if not destroyed by later conventional ploughing, preserved in present-day forests. In northeastern Germany ridge and furrow systems are normally several decameters long and up to ten meters wide. The height difference between ridge top and furrow bottom is up to 50 centimeters and is expected to cause significant contrasts of soil properties and vegetation. Furthermore, due to the abandonment of sites with ridges and furrows, soils on these sites are unique archives for studies on fertilization, soil carbon dynamics and soil development. Therefore, we are characterizing soil physics (bulk density, saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, texture) and soil chemistry (soil acidity, carbon and nitrogen content) on a type location of historic ridges and furrows about 100 km northwest of Berlin. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4003-1.pdf N1 - EGU2017-4003-1 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Ouimet, William A1 - Dethier, David A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra T1 - Soils on historic charcoal hearths – chemical properties and terminology T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria N2 - Charcoal hearths are a unique archive for the long term interaction between biochar, soil development and plant growth. Charcoal as raw material was crucial for the production of iron in iron works and hence numerous charcoal hearths can be found in the forests near historic iron works in Europe as well as the Eastern United States. Charcoal hearths are round to elliptical forms often around 10 m in diameter, and consisting of a several decimeter thick layer containing charcoal fragments, ash, and burnt soil. We studied the soil chemistry of 24 charcoal hearths and compared them to the surrounding ‘natural’ soils in Litchfield County, Connecticut. The thickness of the organic rich horizons on the charcoal hearths and their carbon content is remarkably higher than in the surrounding topsoils. The wide distribution of charcoal hearths, their usually high quantity, and their occurrence in different ecosystems underlines their importance for further pedological research. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4009-1.pdf N1 - EGU2017-4009-1 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Assessing the legacy effects of historic charcoal production in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria N2 - Charcoal produced in kilns or hearths was an important source of energy in many regions of Europe and Northern America until the 19th century, and charcoal production in hearths is still common in many other regions of the world. The remains of charcoal hearths are therefore a widespread legacy of historic land use in forest areas. Soils on charcoal hearth sites are characterized by a technogenic layer rich in charcoal and ash on top of the soil profile, and by a pyrogenic modification of substrates below the former hearth. The aims of our study are to examine how these alterations to the natural soil profiles affect the soil water regime and other soil physical properties, and to assess the relevance of these effects on the landscape scale. We present first results of a mapping of hearth site occurrence in forest areas in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, and of a characterization of the infiltration behaviour on hearth sites as compared with undisturbed forest soils. Results of mapping small-scale relief features from LIDAR-based digital elevation models show that charcoal hearths occur in a high density in many large forest areas throughout Brandenburg. In the areas studied so far, up to almost 3% of the soil surface were found to be affected by the remains of historic hearths. First analyses of soil physical properties indicate differences in the infiltration characteristics of hearth site soils and undisturbed forest soils: Hood infiltrometer measurements show a very high spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity for hearth site soils, and water-drop-penetration-time tests reflect extremely high hydrophobicity of the technogenic layer on the sites. Results of dye tracer experiment show considerably strong preferential flow and therefore a higher spatial variability of soil wetness below the hearth remains. Overall, our first results therefore indicate that the legacy effects of historic charcoal production might significantly affect overall site conditions in forest areas with a high density of charcoal hearth remains. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6096-1.pdf N1 - EGU2017-6096-1 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Hirsch, Florian T1 - Extensive historical charcoal production in Brandenburg (Germany) – identification of potential areas by GIS analysis T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria N2 - We used a GIS analysis of environmental and historical data to identify potential areas of extensive charcoal production in Brandenburg. The analysis was based on three assumptions (i to iii). Large charcoal kiln fields can be found in areas that i) are close to historical industrial sites, ii) are close to bog iron ore deposits, and iii) have been continuously covered by forest during the last centuries. Information on theses parameters was gathered in an archive and literature study and from historical and recent maps. Areas with a high probability of kiln site occurrence were then determined using a simple binary additive model. In the last step, shaded-relief maps (SRMs) were visually checked for clearly visible kiln sites and soil properties were analysed in the determined areas. In total, eight areas with a high probability of kiln site occurrence are identified for the state of Brandenburg. By visual interpretation of SRMs, high kiln site densities in these areas are confirmed. The analysis of soil maps shows that kiln fields are predominantly located on sandy soils with a low yield potential. Although further parameters and study areas need to be considered in the model in order to explain the spatial distribution patterns of charcoal production, the results indicate correlations between the location of bog iron ore deposits, historic ironworks and charcoal kiln fields. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-2976.pdf N1 - EGU2017-2976 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Wechler, Klaus-Peter A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Mapping a paleosurface and archaeological site location in an inland dune area in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria N2 - Mapping and visualizing the position of archaeological remains in the surface relief provides important basic information for archaeological survey design and interpretation. Geomorphological processes in (pre)history can have resulted in a modification of the local relief around archaeological sites, especially in areas that are prone to sediment erosion and relocation, so that models of past surfaces are necessary for a correct interpretation of archaeological survey results. In this study, we combined terrestrial survey and remote sensing methods to reconstruct the palaeorelief around two archaeological excavation sites in an inland dune area in southern Brandenburg, Germany. Remains from two Mesolithic hunter-gatherer camps were documented in archaeological excavations and found to be associated with a buried soil horizon. To gather information on the relief of the buried soil surface, we used a combination of sedimentological and pedological profile description of archaeological survey trenches and geophysical prospection with Ground-Penetrating Radar; supplemented by microdrone photography and photogrammetry, GPS surveys and analysis of LIDAR-based elevation models. A digital elevation model of the buried surface was created by combining point data from these sources. The buried surface morphology and the position of the archeological remains within the reconstructed landscape were analyzed in GIS. The comparison of the generated paleosurface model with the recent surface elevation model shows that sand remobilization resulted in a considerable reshaping of the relief. Analysis of the buried surface model further shows that the relief position of the two archaeological sites in the study area was considerably more prominent in relation to the corresponding buried soil surface than in relation to the recent surface morphology. Results affirm the importance of considering Holocene relief modifications in archaeological surveys. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6066-1.pdf N1 - EGU2017-6066-1 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Maiwald, Ferdinand A1 - Vietze, T. A1 - Schneider, D. A1 - Henze, Frank A1 - Münster, Sander A1 - Niebling, Florian T1 - Photogrammetric Analysis of Historical Image Repositories for Virtual Reconstruction in the Field of Digital Humanities T2 - 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of Complex Architectures, 1–3 March 2017, Nafplio, Greece N2 - Historical photographs contain high density of information and are of great importance as sources in humanities research. In addition to the semantic indexing of historical images based on metadata, it is also possible to reconstruct geometric information about the depicted objects or the camera position at the time of the recording by employing photogrammetric methods. The approach presented here is intended to investigate (semi-) automated photogrammetric reconstruction methods for heterogeneous collections of historical (city) photographs and photographic documentation for the use in the humanities, urban research and history sciences. From a photogrammetric point of view, these images are mostly digitized photographs. For a photogrammetric evaluation, therefore, the characteristics of scanned analog images with mostly unknown camera geometry, missing or minimal object information and low radiometric and geometric resolution have to be considered. In addition, these photographs have not been created specifically for documentation purposes and so the focus of these images is often not on the object to be evaluated. The image repositories must therefore be subjected to a preprocessing analysis of their photogrammetric usability. Investigations are carried out on the basis of a repository containing historical images of the Kronentor ("crown gate") of the Dresden Zwinger. The initial step was to assess the quality and condition of available images determining their appropriateness for generating three-dimensional point clouds from historical photos using a structure-from-motion evaluation (SfM). Then, the generated point clouds were assessed by comparing them with current measurement data of the same object. KW - Historical images KW - structure-from-motion KW - imageconfiguration KW - point cloud KW - virtual 3D reconstruction Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W3-447-2017 SP - 447 EP - 452 PB - ISPRS ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bonhage, Alexander ED - Schwab, Markus ED - Błaszkiewicz, Mirek ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Wilmking, Martin ED - Brauer, Achim T1 - Late Quaternary landscape development and legacies of human‐induced land use changes in Lower Lusatia, South Brandenburg, Germany T2 - ICLEA Final Symposium 2017, Human Impact and Landscape Evolution in the Southern Baltic Lowlands, Abstract Volume & Excursion Guide Y1 - 2017 UR - http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:2215927 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-17037 SP - 182 EP - 198 PB - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences CY - Potsdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Ouimet, William A1 - Dethier, David ED - Schwab, Markus ED - Błaszkiewicz, Mirek ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Wilmking, Martin ED - Brauer, Achim T1 - Late Holocene biochar enrichment in soils ‐ implications of an anthropogenic legacy for ecosystems T2 - ICLEA Final Symposium 2017, Human Impact and Landscape Evolution in the Southern Baltic Lowlands, Abstract Volume & Excursion Guide Y1 - 2017 UR - http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:2215927 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-17037 SP - 79 EP - 81 PB - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences CY - Potsdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Schwab, Markus ED - Błaszkiewicz, Mirek ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Wilmking, Martin ED - Brauer, Achim T1 - Dye tracer visualization of infiltration patterns in soils on historic charcoal hearth sites T2 - ICLEA Final Symposium 2017, Human Impact and Landscape Evolution in the Southern Baltic Lowlands, Abstract Volume & Excursion Guide Y1 - 2017 UR - http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:2215927 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-17037 SP - 150 EP - 151 PB - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences CY - Potsdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Wechler, Klaus-Peter A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Schwab, Markus ED - Błaszkiewicz, Mirek ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Wilmking, Martin ED - Brauer, Achim T1 - Mapping a palaeosurface and archaeological site location in an anthropogenic drift sand area T2 - ICLEA Final Symposium 2017, Human Impact and Landscape Evolution in the Southern Baltic Lowlands, Abstract Volume & Excursion Guide Y1 - 2017 UR - http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:2215927 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-17037 SP - 152 EP - 154 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Schwab, Markus ED - Błaszkiewicz, Mirek ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Wilmking, Martin ED - Brauer, Achim T1 - Assessing the legacies of historical charcoal production in Brandenburg T2 - ICLEA Final Symposium 2017, Human Impact and Landscape Evolution in the Southern Baltic Lowlands, Abstract Volume & Excursion Guide Y1 - 2017 UR - http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:2215927 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-17037 SP - 155 EP - 156 PB - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences CY - Potsdam ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Ouimet, William A1 - Dethier, David A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra T1 - Soils on historic charcoal hearths - terminology and chemical properties T2 - Soil Science Society of America Journal : SSSAJ N2 - Historic charcoal hearth remains provide a unique archive of the long term interaction between biochar, soil development and plant growth. Charcoal as raw material was crucial for production of iron in iron works and hence numerous charcoal hearths can be found in the forests near historic iron works in Europe as well as the Eastern United States. Charcoal hearths are round to elliptical forms often around 10 m in diameter, and consist of several decimeter thick layers that contain charcoal fragments, ash, and burnt soil. We studied the soil chemistry of 24 charcoal hearths and compared them to the surrounding ‘natural’ soils in the northern Appalachians of northwestern Connecticut. The thickness of the topsoils on the charcoal hearths and their carbon content are remarkably higher than in the surrounding topsoils. The presence of residual products from charcoal production classifies the soils as Anthropic Udorthents (US Soil Taxonomy) or Spolic Technosols (Humic) according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. The widespread occurrence of charcoal hearth remains and their high spatial density in different ecosystems underlines their importance for further pedological research. KW - biochar KW - pedogenesis KW - land use KW - carbon sink Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2017.02.0067 SN - 1435-0661 SN - 0361-5995 VL - 81 IS - 6 SP - 1427 EP - 1435 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander ED - Holzheu, Stefan ED - Thies, Birgit T1 - The geomorphic legacy of historic charcoal production in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - 4th Central European Geomorphology Conference, Bayreuth, October 9th-13th 2017 Y1 - 2017 SP - 117 EP - 118 CY - Bayreuth ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Fuchserden in Brandenburg – Vorkommen, Mikromorphologie und Bodenchemie T2 - Abstracts der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Göttingen, 2017 Y1 - 2017 UR - http://dbg17.abstract-dialog.de/search/abstract_detail.php?aId=360 PB - DBG CY - Göttingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Bodenveränderungen durch die historische Holzkohleproduktion in Brandenburg T2 - Abstracts der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Göttingen, 2017 Y1 - 2017 UR - http://dbg17.abstract-dialog.de/search/abstract_detail.php?aId=346 PB - DBG CY - Göttingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Legacies of historic charcoal production in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria Y1 - 2018 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-10089.pdf N1 - EGU2018-10089 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Multiproxy analysis of a relict charcoal hearth field in Brandenburg (Germany) T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria Y1 - 2018 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-7065.pdf N1 - EGU2018-7065 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke van der A1 - Maaten, Ernst van der A1 - Schneider, Marcus A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Soil physics and chemistry at two medieval ridge and furrow sites in northeastern Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria Y1 - 2018 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-6261-1.pdf N1 - EGU2018-6261 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Gypser, Stella T1 - Occurrence, soil parameters and genesis of Rhodic Arenosols (‘Fuchserden’) in northeastern Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria Y1 - 2018 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-6205-1.pdf N1 - EGU2018-6205-01 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Formation, classification and properties of soils at two relict charcoal hearth sites in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria Y1 - 2018 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-6091.pdf N1 - EGU2018-6091 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Berg, Stefanie ED - Eckmeier, Eileen ED - Linzen, Sven ED - Werther, Lukas ED - Zielhofer, Christoph T1 - Multiproxy analysis of a relict charcoal hearth field in Brandenburg (Germany) T2 - Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Geoarchäologie, München, 2018 Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.34521 SP - S. 27 PB - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena [u.a.] CY - Jena [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Berg, Stefanie ED - Eckmeier, Eileen ED - Linzen, Sven ED - Werther, Lukas ED - Zielhofer, Christoph T1 - Relikte der historischen Köhlerei in Brandenburg T2 - Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Geoarchäologie, München, 2018 Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.34521 SP - S. 28 PB - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena [u.a.] CY - Jena [u.a.] ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bauriegel, Albrecht A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Formation, Classification, and Properties of Soils at Two Relict Charcoal Hearth Sites in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - Frontiers in Environmental Science N2 - Historical charcoal production can have significant effects on soil properties. We studied soils at former charcoal production sites (relict charcoal hearths, RCHs) and compared these soils with undisturbed soil next to the charcoal hearths and four typical soils on similar parent material located at distances between 10 and 70 km from the RCHs. In a landscape typical of the northern German lowland, we found Podsolige Braunerde [WRB: Brunic Arenosols (Protospodic)] outside of the RCHs and soils with a clearly different stratigraphy within the RCHs. The main feature of the soils at both of the studied RCHs is a heterogeneous, charcoal-bearing deposit that is ~30 cm thick. No indications of translocation or mineral transformation processes, which form distinct soil horizons after the deposition of anthropogenic material on the RCHs, are present. Except for the differences in color and total carbon content, the soil chemistry of the RCHs hardly differs from that of the soil outside of the charcoal hearth sites. The soil colors and magnetic susceptibility values strongly suggest that the RCH substrates and the underlying topsoil were affected by thermally induced transformation of iron (hydr-)oxides. Although the charring procedure normally requires ~2 weeks, the heating effect only reaches to a maximum depth of 8 cm into the buried soil below the charcoal hearths. The presence of reddish soil and an abrupt increase in magnetic susceptibility in the upper 2 cm of the soil below the charcoal hearths indicate the heat-induced transformation of iron (hydr-)oxides into maghemite. Brighter soil color and an increase in soil organic matter (SOM) in the lower parts of the buried topsoil demonstrate the combustion of SOM up to 5 cm depth below the RCH. According to the German Guidelines for Soil Mapping, the soils in the RCHs are classified as Regosols above Braunerde [WRB: Spolic Technosols (Arenic)]. However, because the anthropogenic features of these soil sediments are disregarded in the German Guidelines for Soil Mapping, we suggest adapting the “M” horizon to permit a jM horizon. Thus, the soils in the RCHs could be classified as Kolluviale Braunerde. Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00094/full U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00094 SN - 2296-665X VL - 6 SP - 1 EP - 15 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Bodenkundlich-geomorphologische Untersuchung von Meilerplätzen um Weiherhammer T2 - Beiträge zur Archäologie in der Oberpfalz und in Regensburg Y1 - 2018 SN - 1617-4461 VL - 12 SP - 433 EP - 448 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Dye Tracer Visualization of Infiltration Patterns in Soils on Relict Charcoal Hearths T2 - Frontiers in Environmental Sciences Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00143/full U6 - https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00143 VL - 6 SP - 1 EP - 14 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Legacies of historic charcoal production in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - Conference booklet, 5th International Landscape Archaeology Conference, 17th-20th September 2018 Newcastle and Durham, UK Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/mccordcentre/files/LAC2018_ConferenceBooklet.pdf SP - S. 214 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Ouimet, William A1 - Dethier, David A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra T1 - Soils on Historic Charcoal Hearths: Terminology and Chemical Properties T2 - Soil Science Society of America, International Soils Meeting, Soils Across Latitudes, San Diego 2019 Y1 - 2019 UR - https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019sssa/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/114844 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Ouimet, William A1 - Drohan, Patrick J. T1 - Effects of Historical Charcoal Burning on Soil Landscapes in West Connecticut, USA T2 - Soil Science Society of America, International Soils Meeting, Soils Across Latitudes, San Diego 2019 Y1 - 2019 UR - https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019sssa/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/114845 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra T1 - The temperature regime of a charcoal-enriched land use legacy soil T2 - Soil Science Society of America Journal Y1 - 2019 UR - https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/sssaj/abstracts/83/3/565 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.12.0483 SN - 1435-0661 VL - 83 IS - 3 SP - 565 EP - 574 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Donovan, Sally A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Thermal conductivity of charcoal-richsoils–preliminary results from a study on relict charcoal hearth (RCH) sites from Germany and the USA T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019 Y1 - 2019 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-5983.pdf CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Mykhailova, Larysa A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Fischer, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Donovan, Sally A1 - Ouimet, William T1 - Effects of historical charcoal burning on soil landscapes in West Connecticut - Quantifying pyrogenic and organic soil carbon content of Technosols by FTIR analysis T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019 Y1 - 2019 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-3115.pdf CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Alexandra T1 - Geoecological legacies of pre-industrial charcoal burning – Research questions and approaches T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria Y1 - 2019 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-2811-1.pdf CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Soil moisture monitoring on land use legacy soils – a study on relict charcoal hearth sites in Brandenburg, Germany T2 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 April 2019 Y1 - 2019 UR - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-2302-1.pdf CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian T1 - Mapping legacies of historic charcoal production on the landscape scale T2 - Check Object Integrity : Book of Abstracts, CAA 2019 N2 - The remains of historic charcoal hearths (RCHs) occur in many forest areas as characteristic small-scale relief features, and are valuable archives of land use history. The increasing availability of high-resolution ALS data has given rise to many recent studies mapping such land use legacy features, which have revealed impressively high numbers and spatial densities of RCHs in many regions of the world. Nevertheless, the limitations of mapping from remotely-sensed data still need to be considered to allow for meaningful interpretations of RCH spatial distribution patterns and conclusions on past forest use. We present an assessment of the possibilities and limitations of RCH mapping from ALS data on the landscape scale, comparing mapping results from study areas in the Northeastern German Lowlands, the German lower mountain ranges and the lower mountain ranges in the northeastern USA. RCHs were mapped using automated detection and manual digitization, and mapping results were validated against archaeological excavations and detailed field surveys. The results allow for a detailed analysis of mapping accuracy in relation to DEM resolution and feature size, but furthermore show up relations of mapping success to RCH age and preservation and to geomorphology and subsequent forest use. Results CAA 2019 279 Standard session 42: New technologies in woodland archaeology: problems and limitations from a GIS analysis of RCH spatial distribution in relation to historic charcoal-consuming industries affirm that RCHs are a widespread and underestimated legacy of past woodland use in many regions, but also underline the relevance of considering variable mapping accuracy in landscape-scale analyses of archaeological relief features mapped from ALS data. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-83-948382-7-0 SP - 278 EP - 279 PB - Institute of Archaeology of Jagiellonian University CY - Krakau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna T1 - Architecture and soil stratigraphy of relict charcoal hearths in Europe and the USA T2 - Check Object Integrity : Book of Abstracts, CAA 2019 N2 - Relict charcoal hearths (RCH) are a widespread feature in forested areas in Europe and the USA. Before the usage of hard coal, charcoal from RCHs was the main energy source and chemical reagent for the production of iron from ore. Depending on region and age, RCHs have diameters CAA 2019 305 Poster session up to 30 m, and due to their size and shape they are nowadays often identified by GIS-analysis of widely available LiDAR data. We study the architecture and soil stratigraphy of RCHs in several type regions in the USA and Germany where high densities of RCHs are known (Connecticut, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Brandenburg, Bavaria) and propose a morphological classification scheme. Whereas RCHs on flatland mostly have a circular shape which is often surrounded by an about half a meter-wide ditch, RCHs on slopes are mostly elliptical and often have a different architecture than on flatland sites. While the RCH platforms in flatland are only about 30 cm higher than the surrounding area, the platform of RCHs on slopes has often a height of up to one meter in downslope direction. Therefore, RCHs on slopes are much easier to identify during GIS mapping than RCHs on flatland. Remarkably the size, shape and architecture between our studied RCHs in the USA and Germany are often very similar which could indicate common roots of collier’s knowledge and technology that can be explained by immigration of European craftsmen to New England in the 18th and 19th century. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-83-948382-7-0 SP - 304 EP - 305 PB - Institute of Archaeology of Jagiellonian University CY - Krakau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Aghte, Markus ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Raab, Alexandra ED - Schopper, Franz T1 - Historische Köhlerei und ihre Hinterlassenschaft – Ein Überblick T2 - Erfassung und Bewertung von vorindustriellen Meilerstandorten – Workshop 19. Februar 2019 Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.26127/BTUOpen-4817 SP - 1 EP - 22 PB - Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Lehrstuhl Geopedologie und Landschaftsentwicklung CY - Cottbus ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas ED - Raab, Thomas ED - Raab, Alexandra ED - Schopper, Franz T1 - Verbreitung und Eigenschaften von Meilerböden in Brandenburg T2 - Erfassung und Bewertung von vorindustriellen Meilerstandorten – Workshop 19. Februar 2019 Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.26127/BTUOpen-4817 SP - 23 EP - 42 PB - Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Senftenberg, Fachgebiet Geopedologie und Landschaftsentwicklung CY - Cottbus ER - TY - GEN A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Bönisch, Eberhard T1 - Böden historischer Landnutzung in der Niederlausitz - Wölbäcker und Kohlemeiler T2 - Brandenburgische Geowissenschaftliche Beiträge N2 - In der Niederlausitz finden sich - meist unter Kiefern- und Eichenforsten versteckt - zahlreiche Relikte der historischen Landnutzung, die bisher kaum bekannt sind. Zu den auffälligsten Formen zählen Wölbäcker und Plätze ehemaliger Kohlemeiler. In einigen Regionen der Niederlausitz ist die Verbreitung der Landnutzungsrelikte so groß bzw. ihre Dichte so hoch, dass sie prägend für die Bodenlandschaft werden. Dieser Beitrag zeigt an repräsentativen Beispielen die charakteristischen Merkmale und Eigenschaften der Böden auf Wölbäckern und Relikten von Holzkohlenmeilern (HKM). Y1 - 2019 SN - 0947-1995 VL - 26 IS - 1/2 SP - 5 EP - 14 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Mykhailova, Larysa A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Ouimet, William T1 - FTIR-based inquiry on carbon in forest soil substrate enriched by aged biochar, West Connecticut, USA T2 - Jahrestagung der Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz und der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Abstract-Band 2019 N2 - Relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) are sites of former charcoal production that are an increasingly well documented anthropogenic feature in forests of the temperate climate zone. However, the type and extent of a possible legacy effect from RCHs on soil physical and chemical properties is still largely unknown. In the Litchfield Hills in west Connecticut, RCH sites are located mainly on slopes and therefore differ in their architecture from lowland sites found in Europe. One of the striking characteristics of a RCH site regardless of its architecture is the enrichment of the soil with charcoal in varying particle sizes. In this study, we use chemical digestion coupled with a PLSR-model to quantify organic carbon and pyrogenic carbon in RCH substrate by MIR-DRIFT measurements. Furthermore, we analyse the quality of carbon compounds by MIR-DRIFT measurements on multiple grain size fractions to assess the post-burn enrichment of soil organic matter. Preliminary results show a markedly increase in organic and pyrogenic carbon in RCH substrates in relation to the natural forest soil. Also, our first results suggest that the enrichment of organic carbon is favoured on RCHsites. However, the causality between the enrichment of soil organic matter and site features remains open. Experiments using chemical extraction techniques on our samples hint at an increase of labile organic compounds and/or microbial biomass. This legacy effect of RCHs is however evident and further studies need to focus on how to address them. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.dbges.de/de/system/files/Bern2019/Programmheft/abstractband.dbg2019_2.pdf SP - S. 198 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Donovan, Sara A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Der Einfluss von Relikten der historischen Köhlerei auf Bodentemperatur und –wärmeleitfähigkeit T2 - Abstract-Band, Jahrestagung der Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft der Schweizund der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen GesellschaftBern, 24.–29. August 2019 N2 - Die Beimengung von Holzkohle in Böden kann deutlichen Einfluss auf die physikalischen Bodeneigenschaften haben. Solche Effekte treten nicht nur in gezielt mit Holzkohle („biochar“) angereicherten Ackerböden auf, sondern auch auf den Standorten historischer Holzkohlemeiler (HKM), die in vielen Waldgebieten in großer Zahl vorkommen. Die prägendste Eigenschaft solcher Böden auf HKM ist eine technogene, kohlereiche Substratschicht, die über dem natürlich entwickelten Bodenprofil abgelagert ist. In jüngster Zeitwurden in mehreren Studien ein von den umliegenden Waldböden abweichendes Vegetationswachstum und eine abweichende C-Dynamik auf HKM festgestellt. Welche Bodeneigenschaften der HKM solche Unterschiede bewirken, ist aber noch unklar. Ein möglicher, bisher kaum untersuchter Einflussfaktor ist die Bodentemperatur. Ziel dieser Studie war es, den Einfluss von Holzkohlebeimengungen auf die Wärmeleitfähigkeit und das Bodentemperaturregime von HKM-Böden zu charakterisieren. Untersucht wurden HKM auf sandigem Substrat in der Lausitz (Brandenburg). An zwei Standorten wurden Profile auf HKM und benachbarten Waldböden für ein Monitoring der Bodentemperatur über jeweils ein Jahr instrumentiert, die Wärmeleitfähigkeit von HKM-Schicht, Ah-, fAh-und Bv-Horizont wurde im Labor bestimmt. In einem Laborexperiment wurde zusätzlich die Wärmeleitfähigkeit von künstlich hergestellten Proben aus sandigem Substrat und Holzkohlefragmenten in unterschiedlichen Mischungsverhältnissen untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eine deutlich verringerte Wärmeleitfähigkeit des kohlereichen Substrats. Damit verbunden zeigen sich im Monitoring geringere Schwankungen der Bodentemperatur auf den HKM in tiefen Bereichen des Profils, in den obersten Dezimetern wurden hingegen stärkere Schwankungen der Bodentemperatur festgestellt. Insgesamt zeigt sich damit ein noch über die technogene Substratschicht hinaus wirksamer Einfluss der typischen Eigenschaften des kohlereichen HKM-Substrats auf die Bodentemperatur. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.dbges.de/de/system/files/Bern2019/Programmheft/abstractband.dbg2019_2.pdf SP - S. 350 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas T1 - Aged biochar enriched substrate increases SOM stocks of forest soils in the North German Lowland T2 - Abstract-Band, Jahrestagung der Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft der Schweizund der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen GesellschaftBern, 24.–29. August 2019 N2 - Recentfindings of more than 4000 relict charcoal hearths (RCH) in the forest district Tauer (Brandenburg, Germany) raise the question to what extent soil properties are controlled by a legacy effect of historical charcoal burning. RCH sites are characterized bya substantial admixture of charcoal fragments of varying particle sizes constituting an anthropogenic addition of carbon to the natural forest soil. Ages of about 250 years proven by dendrochronological dating of larger charcoal pieces on RCHs allow for assessing long-term effects of biochar application on forest soils. In this study, we measured the geometry and SOM content of 20 RCH sites in a selected part of the forest district. The results are the basis for a projection of RCH SOM stocks on a 40 ha forest plot with 120 RCH sites. In the range of statistical uncertainties it is shown that RCHs add between 13 % and 32 % of SOM to the SOM stock of the natural forest soil in the studied plot. These substantial amounts of SOM are so far not recognized by any soil survey or forest soil inventories of SOM and SOC stocks. In light of an increasing amount of studies that detect RCH sites in forests of Europe and the USA in the range of tens-and even hundreds of thousands, the question has to be asked how to address this legacy effect in ongoing scientific discussions about soil carbon stocks, carbon sequestration and the long-term effects of biochar application into soils. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.dbges.de/de/system/files/Bern2019/Programmheft/abstractband.dbg2019_2.pdf SP - S. 502 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hirsch, Florian A1 - Schneider, Anna A1 - Raab, Alexandra A1 - Raab, Thomas A1 - Donovan, Sally T1 - Long term anthropogenic enrichment of soil organic matter stocks in forest soils – detecting a legacy of historical charcoal production T2 - Forest Ecology and Management N2 - Recent findings of several thousand relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) in the Tauer Forest (Brandenburg, Germany) raise questions about the legacy effects of historical charcoal production on soil properties. RCH sites are characterized by the admixture of charcoal fragments to the natural forest soil, constituting an anthropogenic addition of carbon. Dendrochronological dating of large charcoal pieces has identified RCH ages ranging from 1709 AD to 1823 AD for a subarea in the Tauer Forest, which allows for assessing century old effects of charcoal application on forest soils. We measured the geometry and soil organic matter (SOM) content of 20 RCH sites in a selected part of the forest. The results provide a basis for estimating RCH SOM stocks on a 40-ha forest plot with 120 RCH sites. We also assessed the accuracy of RCH mapping based on digital elevation models (DEMs) with results from a ground survey. Over 50 % of sites were not detected by the DEM-based mapping. In the range of statistical uncertainties, RCHs add between 18 % and 32 % of SOM to the stock of the natural forest soil in the study area. This equals an additional 4.9 – 8.9 Mg of carbon per hectare of forest soil. These substantial amounts of SOM are so far not recognized by any survey or forest soil SOM inventories. Considering recent studies, which uncovered tens- and hundreds- of thousands of RCHs throughout Europe and the USA, we conclude that further knowledge of RCH SOM is important for quantifying anthropogenic SOM stocks on a global scale. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117814 SN - 0378-1127 VL - 459 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schöberl, Florian A1 - Pradhan, Cauchy A1 - Irving, Stephanie A1 - Buerger, Katharina A1 - Xiong, Guoming A1 - Kugler, Günter A1 - Kohlbecher, Stefan A1 - Engmann, Julia A1 - Werner, Philipp A1 - Brendel, Matthias A1 - Schneider, Erich A1 - Perneczky, Robert A1 - Jahn, Klaus A1 - Fougère, Christian la A1 - Bartenstein, Peter A1 - Brandt, Thomas A1 - Dietrich, Marianne A1 - Zwergal, Andreas T1 - Real-space navigation testing differentiates between amyloid-positive and -negative aMCI T2 - Neurology : official journal of the American Academy of Neurology Y1 - 2020 UR - https://n.neurology.org/content/94/8/e861 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008758 SN - 1526-632X VL - 94 IS - 8 SP - e861 EP - e873 ER -