Reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment using biomarkers and clay mineralogy in loess deposits of northern Iran
Introduction: Knowledge about palaeoenviroment and palaeovegetation provides information about how vegetation reacts on climate fluctuations in the past, what will help understanding current and future developments caused by e.g.climate change.Northern Iranian Loess-Plateau forms a strongly dissected landscape with steeply sloping loess hills.This