Sonja Berg

I am a postdoc at the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Cologne. My main research focus is on reconstructing late Quaternary environmental condtions in the Antarctic region. I am also interested in radiocarbon applications to study processes of carbon cycling and redistribution in various marine and terrestrial environments.

What’s my age again? Comparing dating methods in loess

Janina Nett, Sonja Berg, Christian Zeeden and Stephanie Scheidt February 9, 2021

As you have learned from our previous posts, loess is a widespread terrestrial sediment, known to be an important archive for the changes of past environmental and climatic conditions. In order to use loess as a proxy, we first need to investigate the age of the sediments. In loess, different dating methods can be used, …[Read More]

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