Fig. 1: Map of European loess deposits. (after Rousseau et al.25, modified from an original by Antoine et al.83).

Location of the sequences analyzed. LGM Last Glacial Maximum, BEL Belgium, CZE Czech Republic, DEU Germany, FRA France, POL Poland, SBR Serbian Republic, UKR Ukraine, Core L1a from Mellett et al.84. The color of the bullets is given according the analysis performed on the LGM samples. The six lower icons represent topography and bathymetry.