Marine transgressions during Eemian in northern Poland: A high resolution record from the type section at Cierpięta

Marks, Leszek; Gałązka, Dariusz; Krzymińska, Jarmila; Nita, Małgorzata; Stachowicz‐Rybka, Renata; Witkowski, Andrzej; Woronko, Barbara; Dobosz, Sławomir

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.007

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“…However, they were also recorded from older phases of the Weichselian. A very high content of aeolian grains, including RM, was reported for deposits dated as the younger part of stage 3 (younger than ~45 ka) and as ~ 60 ka (Van Huissteden & Pollard, 2003;Dzierżek & Stańczuk, 2006;Kalińska, 2010;Marks et al, 2014). Already Dylik (1969) suggested that the origin of 25.2 kyr old sediments from Bełchatów might have resulted from aeolian processing occurring not only during the Late Pleniglacial, but also shortly after the Brørup.…”

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Climate evolution during the Pleniglacial and Late Glacial as recorded in quartz grain morphoscopy of fluvial to aeolian successions of the European Sand Belt

2015

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We present results of research into fluvial to aeolian successions at four sites in the foreland of the Last Glacial Maximum, i.e., the central part of the "European Sand Belt". These sites include dune fields on higher-lying river terraces and alluvial fans. Sediments were subjected to detailed lithofacies analyses and sampling for morphoscopic assessment of quartz grains. Based on these results, three units were identified in the sedimentary succession: fluvial, fluvio-aeolian and aeolian. Material with traces of aeolian origin predominate in these sediments and this enabled conclusions on the activity of aeolian processes during the Pleniglacial and Late Glacial, and the source of sediment supply to be drawn. Aeolian processes played a major role in the deposition of the lower portions of the fluvial and fluvio-aeolian units. Aeolian material in the fluvial unit stems from aeolian accumulation of fluvial sediments within the valley as well as particles transported by wind from beyond the valley. The fluvio-aeolian unit is composed mainly of fluvial sediments that were subject to multiple redeposition, and long-term, intensive processing in an aeolian environment. In spite of the asynchronous onset of deposition of the fluvio-aeolian unit, it is characterised by the greatest homogeneity of structural and textural characteristics. Although the aeolian unit was laid down simultaneously, it is typified by the widest range of variation in quartz morphoscopic traits. It reflects local factors, mainly the origin of the source material, rather than climate. The duration of dune-formation processes was too short to be reflected in the morphoscopy of quartz grains.

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Climate evolution during the Pleniglacial and Late Glacial as recorded in quartz grain morphoscopy of fluvial to aeolian successions of the European Sand Belt

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“…Marks 2004a) and on marine interglacial transgressions (cf. Makowska 1986;Marks et al 2014). A major contribution towards our understanding of the chronology of the Late Glacial and Holocene was played by the exploration and detailed examination of laminated sediments of the Gościąż Lake (RalskaJasiewiczowa et al 1998).…”

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“…In central and southern Poland a development of the Pleistocene fluvial network has been investigated, describing its relation to interglacial seas in the Baltic Basin (Makowska 1986;Marks 2005;Marks and Pavlovskaya 2003;Marks et al 2014). The Middle and Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and palaeogeography have been well recognized in the Mazovia Lowland and especially in its central part, named the Warsaw Basin.…”

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“…The end of the interglacial was recorded by development of a spruce-fir forest, alder (Alnus) on wetlands and followed by a pine forest with admixture of birch (Betula) in an unstable climate (Kupryjanowicz et al 2016). In the Lower Vistula region a transgression of the Eemian sea occurred (Makowska 1986;Head et al 2005;Knudsen et al 2012;Marks et al 2014). In loess sections this interglacial was recorded by the palaeosol GI1 (Maruszczak 1991).…”

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Quaternary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of Poland

Marks

Dzierżek

Janiszewski

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Acta Geologica Polonica

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Though the stratigraphical and palaeogeographical framework of the Quaternary in Poland is still to be completed, several crucial points have been confirmed recently. The preglacial series, accepted for years as belonging to the Lower Pleistocene, is undoubtedly of Early Pliocene age, with a huge hiatus above almost until the uppermost Lower Pleistocene. The earliest glaciation in Poland (Nidanian) occurred at about 900 ka BP when the ice sheet reached the mid-southern part of the country. The following Podlasian Interglacial embraced the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary in the middle, in a similar fashion to the corresponding Cromerian Complex in Western Europe. The late Early and early Middle Pleistocene interglacials in Poland comprised 2–3 optima each, whereas every one of the younger interglacials was characterised by a single optimum only. The Late Vistulian ice sheet was most extensive in the western part of Poland (Leszno Phase) whereas the younger Poznań Phase was more extensive in the central and eastern part of the country. This was due to the varied distance from the glaciation center in Scandinavia, making the ice sheet margin reach a terminal position in different times. Palaeoclimatological research in the Tatra Mountains has provided new evidence for the atmospheric circulation over Europe. During cold phases of the Pleistocene in Poland a continental climate extended further westwards, quite the opposite that occurring during warmer intervals.

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“…These grains rep re sent the long-last ing ae olian trans for ma tion. Si multa neously, the abun dance of shiny (EM/EL+EL) quartz grains is at trib uted to flu vial en vi ron ments (Krinsley and Doornkamp, 1973), and such de pos its could be typ i cal of river floodplains (Marks et al, 2014). It is ac knowl edged that a rel a tively high (>5%) num ber of grains with well-rounded out lines ob served in the sed i ments re fer ei ther to the un der ly ing de pos its (Woronko, 2001) or re sults from the long-last ing flu vial cy cles (Weckwerth et al, 2011).…”

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Upper Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental changes at the Zwierzyniec site, central Poland

Kalińska

Dzierżek

Bińka

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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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Marine transgressions during Eemian in northern Poland: A high resolution record from the type section at Cierpięta

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Climate evolution during the Pleniglacial and Late Glacial as recorded in quartz grain morphoscopy of fluvial to aeolian successions of the European Sand Belt

Climate evolution during the Pleniglacial and Late Glacial as recorded in quartz grain morphoscopy of fluvial to aeolian successions of the European Sand Belt

Quaternary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of Poland

Upper Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental changes at the Zwierzyniec site, central Poland

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