Late-glacial to Holocene aeolian deposition in northeastern Europe – The timing of sedimentation at the Iisaku site (NE Estonia)

Kalińska, Edyta; Nartišs, Māris; Thiel, Christine; Buylaert, Jan‐Pieter; Murray, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.039

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“…However, in this part of the ESB there are very few studies which bring numerical ages together with information on sedimentological (structural-textural features) and stratigraphic characteristics (Satkūnas et al, 1991;Molodkov and Bitinas, 2006;Kalińska-Nartiša et al, 2014).…”

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Age and sedimentary record of inland eolian sediments in Lithuania, NE European Sand Belt

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We present a study based on four inland eolian locations in Eastern, Central and Southeastern Lithuania belonging to the northeastern part of the 'European Sand Belt' (ESB). Although there have been several previous studies of the ESB, this north-eastern extension has not been investigated before in any detail. The sedimentary structural-textural features are investigated and a chronology was derived using optically stimulated luminescence on both quartz and feldspar. The sedimentary structures and the rounding and surface characteristics of the quartz grains argue for a predominance of eolian transport. Additionally, some structural alternations and a significant contribution of non-eolian grains are interpreted as inherited local glacial/glaciofluvial-bearing lithologies. Three main (glaciolacustrine-) eolian phases are distinguished based on the position in the landscape and the luminescence ages: (1) An older eolian series around 15 to 16 ka, possibly correlated with the cold GS-2a event according to the GRIP stratigraphy, and (2) a younger eolian series around 14.0 ka, possibly representing the GI-1d and 1c events. The older eolian series is underlain by (3) a glaciolacustrine-eolian series for which the period of deposition remains uncertain due to the significant discrepancy between the ages based on quartz and feldspar.

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Age and sedimentary record of inland eolian sediments in Lithuania, NE European Sand Belt

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“…The NU/M grains could cor re spond with "other" group as es tab lished by Woronko et al (2015) and ex posed to, e.g., a periglacial en viron ment. How ever, in our stud ies these grains are only of non-rounded out line and are, there fore, sim i lar to quartz grains ob served by Kaliñska-Nartiša et al (2015) in ae olian set tings of Lith u a nia. Sub se quently, min eral-petrographic com po si tion was de ter mined from both the 0.5-0.8 and 0.8-1.0 mm frac tions, as the amount of quartz in creases in the de pos its due to nu mer ous redeposition events (Mycielska-Dowgia³³o, 2007).…”

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Upper Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental changes at the Zwierzyniec site, central Poland

Kalińska

Dzierżek

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The pa per pres ents the data on an Eemian-Late Gla cial sed i men tary se quence from the Zwierzyniec site, cen tral Po land. A num ber of bore holes doc u ment one or two or ganic lay ers that oc cur be neath one or two ho ri zons of clayey and silty de pos its of ice-dammed lakes. This study dem on strates to which ex tent the Zwierzyniec site can con trib ute to a better un der stand ing of the palaeoenvironmental changes dur ing the Eemian-Vistulian time-frame in cen tral Po land. To study it, a multi-proxy approach was ap plied, in volv ing: palynological and plant macrofossil anal y sis, study of round ing of quartz grains and mor phology of their sur face, and in ves ti ga tions of sand min er al ogy and till pe trog ra phy. The re sults show that a till bed is over lain by a sandy se ries cor re spond ing to the gla cial-inter gla cial tran si tion. Ei ther one or two dis tinct peaks of or ganic ac cu mu la tion are ev i denced by peat ho ri zons. The lower ho ri zon re cords spec tra with ha zel and horn beam, and did, there fore, ac cu mu late in the Eemian. Ob served only in some bore holes, the up per peat ho ri zon marks the BrÝrup (or the lower part of the Rederstall stadial) rep re sented by for est-steppe con di tions with patchy mo sa ics of larch and fur ther tran si tion into sedges and her baceous taxa. Lo cal ized in be tween the two peat se quences, the sandy ho ri zon marks a long-last ing ae olian trans for ma tion with weath er ing by frost in the Early Vistulian. Again, sig nif i cant changes of the palaeoenvironmental re gime oc curred, and are man i fested in the one or two ho ri zons of the glaciolacustrine sed i ments. This cor re sponded to the last gla ci ation in the region, when the ice-dammed lakes formed dur ing the Main Stadial.

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“…For example, edge rounding had the highest frequency, and so rounded grains were typical of most of the investigated quartz grains. Edge rounding alone, however, is not exclusive to a single setting, and can occur as a result of both fluvial and aeolian processes (Helland and Diffendal, 1997;Mahaney and Kalm, 2000;Mahaney, 2002;Kalińska-Nartiša et al, 2015a, 2015b. Wind tends to produce well-rounded, low-relief grains with dish-shaped depressions (Krinsley and McCoy, 1978;Pye and Tsoar, 1990;An et al, 2012), upturned plates (Krinsley and Doornkamp, 1973;Marshall et al, 2012) and arcuate or circular features (Krinsley and Trusty, 1985).…”

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Microtextural Inheritance on Quartz Sand Grains from Pleistocene Periglacial Environments of the Mazovian Lowland, Central Poland

Kalińska

Woronko

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2017

Permafrost & Periglacial

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Sand grains from Quaternary glacial, aeolian and fluvial deposits in the Mazovian Lowland, central Poland, were examined to characterize the effects of different Quaternary processes on sand‐grain surfaces that experienced repeated cycles of intense polar‐desert‐like conditions during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. A cold, dry and windy periglacial environment prevailed here at least twice between the Saalian (Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6) and Holocene (MIS 1) stages. Because the surface characteristics of quartz sand grains can provide important palaeoenvironmental information, we examined grains extracted from sediment samples in different landforms to determine their surficial features from scanning electron microscope images. The grain surfaces were dominated by microtextures characteristic of aeolian‐induced grain transformation, indicated by a high percentage of well‐rounded, low‐relief‐worn grains with dish‐shaped depressions, bulbous edges and upturned plates. Although remnants of previous sedimentary cycles were occasionally observed, aeolian effects were dominant even in glacial and fluvial settings. Quartz microtextures indicated that none of the examined grains represented their original setting, but rather suggested remobilisation under periglacial conditions. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Late-glacial to Holocene aeolian deposition in northeastern Europe – The timing of sedimentation at the Iisaku site (NE Estonia)

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References 72 publications

Age and sedimentary record of inland eolian sediments in Lithuania, NE European Sand Belt

Age and sedimentary record of inland eolian sediments in Lithuania, NE European Sand Belt

Upper Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental changes at the Zwierzyniec site, central Poland

Microtextural Inheritance on Quartz Sand Grains from Pleistocene Periglacial Environments of the Mazovian Lowland, Central Poland

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