A robust stratigraphy for the LPS Krems-Wachtberg has been produced by detailed field observations and supported by spectrophotometric data. Color variations are sensitive to changes in pigmentation, which is mostly related to in situ pedogenesis or to sediments pigmented by pedogenesis. Designations of pedological horizons adequately capture the stratigraphic variability of the studied KW2015 section. High-resolution granulometry **data** differentiate aeolian dust from units affected by pedogenesis and reworking along the slope. Single parameters derived from GS, color or MS are unable to describe the formation of the profile and the paleoenvironmental evolution. Reconstructions of the interplay of dust accumulation, pedogenesis, and slope processes based on the stratigraphic log can be semi-quantitatively linked to paleoecosystems. Published luminescence ages indicate no major discontinuities and radiocarbon ages are important chronological tie points with considerably smaller errors. Chronostratigraphic interpretations strongly benefit from similarities of KW2015 to the tightly dated high-resolution MPG/UPG reference LPS of Nussloch, Germany.