Influence of charcoal burning induced pyrolysis on soils
- In Lusatia, Northeastern Germany, the production of ironware between the 16th and 19th century left behind a remarkable amount of charcoal kilns in the forests north of Cottbus. Remote sensing surveys, underpinned by archaeological studies, show that charcoal was gained around Cottbus from several thousand charcoal kilns which had internal diameters up to 20 m. For the study site with 35 km2 area, the until now prospected total ground area below the charcoal kilns which was potentially affected by the pyrolysis is about 0,5 km2. Historic data indicates that the pyrolysis in the charcoal kiln took up to several weeks, for the kilns with a diameter of 20 m about 20 days. To characterize the depth of thermal alteration of soils below the kiln our current focus is on the differentiation of the iron hydroxides by small-scale vertical analysis of soil profiles.
Author: | Florian HirschORCiD, Alexander NicolayORCiD, Bastian Pötzsch, Marie Fritzsche, Alexandra RaabORCiD, Thomas RaabORCiDGND |
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URL: | http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/EGU2014-2557.pdf |
Title of the source (English): | European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014 |
Publisher: | European Geophysical Society |
Place of publication: | Katlenburg-Lindau |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2014 |
Comment: | EGU2014-2557 |
Series ; volume number: | Geophysical Research Abstracts ; 16 |
Faculty/Chair: | Zentrale Einrichtungen / Forschungszentrum Landschaftsentwicklung und Bergbaulandschaften (FZLB) |
Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Geopedologie und Landschaftsentwicklung | |
Institution name at the time of publication: | Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik (eBTU) / LS Geopedologie und Landschaftsentwicklung |