High resolution gully erosion and sedimentation processes, and land use changes since the Bronze Age and future trajectories in the Kazimierz Dolny area (Nałęczów Plateau, SE-Poland)

Dotterweich, Markus; Rodzik, Jan; Zgłobicki, Wojciech; Schmitt, Axel K.; Schmidtchen, Gabriele; Bork, Hans‐Rudolf

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2012.03.001

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“…The landscape in this area has been significantly shaped by many centuries of human activity, notably the deforestation of extensive tracts of land and their transformation into arable land. Consequently, gullies started to form here as early as the Neolithic/Bronze age; the most intensive processes of gully erosion have occurred over the last 1,000 years (Dotterweich et al 2012). In modern times, forests occur almost exclusively in gullies and on steep slopes, because the relatively fertile Luvisols have already been cultivated over a long period.…”

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“…4 Loess gullies. a Doły Podmularskie, b Korzeniowy Dół the present, as well as several hundred and even thousands of years ago (Dotterweich et al 2012). This, in turn, makes it possible to assess the development rate of erosion processes and landforms, from the temporal perspective.…”

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“…Therefore, one can observe and assess the efficiency of individual erosion prevention measures applied mainly in the sunken lanes of the study area (Gardziel et al 2006). The effects of the erosion processes documented by scientists in gullies and their vicinity (often having an extreme character) constitute a valuable source of information on the geohazards associated with gully erosion (Dotterweich et al 2012;Rodzik et al 2009). …”

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“…Permanent gullies are an archive (the effect) of processes that occurred within loess areas because of human intervention in the past, as a result of deforestation and agricultural activity (Schmitt et al 2006;Dotterweich et al 2012). They constitute a scar on the landscape, but they are also a major tourist attraction in the region.…”

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“…At the same time, it is an area where gully erosion has been well researched, over the course of many years. The research has focused on: (1) historical gully erosion (Dotterweich et al 2012); (2) the dynamics of contemporary gully erosion processes (Rodzik et al 2009); and (3) the role of gully erosion in land use changes and landscape evolution (Zglobicki andBaran-Zglobicka 2011, 2012).…”

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Gully erosion as a natural hazard: the educational role of geotourism

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Gully erosion is one of the greatest natural hazards in the loess areas of E. (Eastern) Poland. At the same time, permanent gullies are a major tourist attraction and can provide a basis for the development of geotourism. The study objective was to assess the possibilities of using the loess gullies for educational purposes. Detailed studies were conducted within the municipality of Kazimierz Dolny, an area with an extremely high concentration of permanent gullies. The questionnaire survey of students and tourists (nearly 300 surveys were completed) showed that the respondents' knowledge of geomorphology was limited, despite their familiarity with gullies. In most cases, they were unable to accurately identify the determinants of gully erosion, its negative effects and methods for preventing it. An assessment of the tourism and geotourism potential of the municipality made it possible to identify the sites (gullies) that can perform an educational function, with regard to gully erosion. The establishment of the Małopolska Vistula Gap Geopark, whose highlights will include numerous loess gullies, can pave the way for the development of geotourism.

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Assessment of long‐term Holocene soil erosion rates in Polish loess areas using sedimentary archives from closed depressions

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2018

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Soil erosion is a particularly important problem in the loess areas of Central Europe. Numerous studies of past and present soil erosion based on colluvial sediments have so far been conducted. The main problem is the fact that colluvia usually do not represent the complete sedimentation record. Closed depressions (CDs) collect all colluvial sediments from their catchment, therefore, constitute sediment stores enabling the calculation of soil erosion rates. Colluvial sediments and fossil soils, infilling four CDs in the Polish loess belt, were OSL and C‐14 dated. Human settlements near the studied CDs were analyzed. Phases of soil erosion and colluviation from the Neolithic (5400–2900 bc), from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age (1600–0 bc), and from the Early Middle Ages to Modern Times (500 AD until today) were documented within the CDs studied. Phases of low soil erosion rate and pedogenesis occurred from the Late Vistulian to the Early Neolithic and from the Iron Age to Early Middle Ages. This study reveals that these phases are not synchronous with the soil erosion phases in Central Europe, as the latter mainly occurred in the Bronze Age, Roman Period and Middle Ages. The obtained soil erosion rates were compared with erosion rates in different areas of Central Europe. This study indicates that in loess regions with long‐term agricultural land use, mean erosion rates (i.e. 3.7–5.9 t ha‐1 yr‐1) from the Middle Ages to Modern Times were ten times higher than during the entire prehistoric period (0.39–0.67 t ha‐1 yr‐1). The mean soil erosion rates for forested CDs was 0.24–0.74 t ha‐1 yr‐1. Soil erosion phases are most probably caused by human activities (i.e. land use change) but the early Holocene erosion phase (7.96 +/‐ 0.67 kyr) could have been induced by a climatic fluctuation (e.g. a 8.2 kyr Bond event). Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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