Eemian and early Weichselian environmental changes at the Jałówka site, NE Poland, and their correlation with marine and ice records

Kupryjanowicz, Mirosława; Fiłoc, Magdalena; Woronko, Barbara; Karasiewicz, Mirosław T.; Rychel, Joanna; Adamczyk, Aleksander; Jarosz, Joanna

doi:10.1017/qua.2021.8

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“…2018; Malkiewicz 2018; Kupryjanowicz et al . 2021; Laurat & Brühl 2021), speleothems (e.g. Couchoud et al .…”

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Last interglacial in western Europe: 20 years of multidisciplinary research on the Eemian (MIS 5e) calcareous tufa sequence at Caours (Somme basin, France) – a review

Antoine,

Limondin‐Lozouet,

Dabkowski

et al. 2024

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The calcareous tufa sequence and associated Palaeolithic site of Caours were discovered in 2002 during a test‐pit campaign aimed at identifying last interglacial (MIS 5e) archives in the fluvial terrace system of the Somme basin, northern France. The presence of an outstanding stratigraphical succession with four in situ Palaeolithic layers within the tufa sequence has motivated archaeological excavations of the site since 2005. The first malacological studies and U‐series ages quickly showed that the sequence was mainly deposited during the Eemian interglacial (MIS 5e). After 20 years of investigations, we propose here a summary of this multidisciplinary research project including stratigraphy, sedimentology, geochronology, geochemistry, malacology, mammals, palaeovegetation and archaeology. By combining 25 dates obtained by U‐series, ESR/U‐series, TL and OSL methods, the Caours calcareous tufa sequence is securely dated to the Eemian (123.1±2.8 ka). Based on the summary of the whole information, we propose a robust and detailed reconstruction of the modification of the valley environments between the Late Saalian and the Early Weichselian. At the scale of northwestern Europe, Caours provides a reference terrestrial molluscs record for the Eemian interglacial, including the climatic optimum, that is also described in the same layers by δ18O and δ13C analyses on calcite and by mammal remains. Moreover, the 300‐m‐long transect crossing the fluvial terrace covered by the tufa sequence and the bottom valley formation, combined with the chronology established from U‐series and OSL ages, shows that the incision of the present‐day valley, leading to the setting of the Very Low Terrace, was achieved during the first stages of the Early Weichselian (MIS 5d–5c). From an archaeological point of view, the configuration of the Caours site is unique at the scale of western Europe and demonstrates the adaptation of Neandertals to a forested environment and to fully temperate conditions during the Eemian.

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“…2018; Malkiewicz 2018; Kupryjanowicz et al . 2021; Laurat & Brühl 2021), speleothems (e.g. Couchoud et al .…”

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Last interglacial in western Europe: 20 years of multidisciplinary research on the Eemian (MIS 5e) calcareous tufa sequence at Caours (Somme basin, France) – a review

Antoine,

Limondin‐Lozouet,

Dabkowski

et al. 2024

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“…2018; Malkiewicz 2018a, b; Kupryjanowicz et al . 2021; Pidek et al . 2021), (ii) only weakly constrained age models (e.g.…”

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Re‐investigation of the Bispingen palaeolake sediment succession (northern Germany) reveals that the Last Interglacial (Eemian) in northern‐central Europe lasted at least ~15 000 years

Lauterbach,

Neumann,

Tjallingii

et al. 2024

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Investigating past interglacial climatic and environmental changes can enhance our understanding of the natural rates and ranges of climate variability under interglacial boundary conditions. However, comparing past interglacial palaeoclimate records from different regions and archives is often complicated by differing and uncertain chronologies. For instance, the duration of the Last Interglacial in Europe is still controversial as southern European palaeoclimate records suggest a duration of ~16 500–18 000 years, while a length of only ~11 000 years in northern‐central Europe was previously inferred from the analysis of partly annually laminated (varved) palaeolake sediments recovered at Bispingen, northern Germany. To resolve this discrepancy, we here present sediment microfacies, geochemistry and pollen data from a new sediment core from the Bispingen palaeolake sediment succession, covering the entire Last Interglacial (Eemian) and the earliest part of the Last Glacial (Weichselian). In particular, we provide evidence that the duration of the Last Interglacial at Bispingen must have been hitherto underestimated due to the investigation of an incomplete sediment core. Using microscopic varve counting and sedimentation rate estimates for non‐varved sections on the new sediment core, we show that the Eemian in northern‐central Europe probably lasted at least ~15 000 years, about 4000 years longer than previously thought. This new duration estimate is in much better agreement with results from southern European palaeoclimate records, clarifying the enigma of a steep trans‐European vegetation gradient for several millennia at the end of the Last Interglacial.

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Recent advances in luminescence dating of the Late Quaternary sediments in the Baltic States, Northern Europe: A review

Kalińska

Weckwerth

Alexanderson

2023

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Eemian and early Weichselian environmental changes at the Jałówka site, NE Poland, and their correlation with marine and ice records

Cited by 6 publications

References 72 publications

Last interglacial in western Europe: 20 years of multidisciplinary research on the Eemian (MIS 5e) calcareous tufa sequence at Caours (Somme basin, France) – a review

Last interglacial in western Europe: 20 years of multidisciplinary research on the Eemian (MIS 5e) calcareous tufa sequence at Caours (Somme basin, France) – a review

Re‐investigation of the Bispingen palaeolake sediment succession (northern Germany) reveals that the Last Interglacial (Eemian) in northern‐central Europe lasted at least ~15 000 years

Recent advances in luminescence dating of the Late Quaternary sediments in the Baltic States, Northern Europe: A review

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