Stratigraphic position and natural environment of the oldest Middle Palaeolithic in central Podolia, Ukraine: New data from the Velykyi Glybochok site

Molluscs and ostracods of the Pleistocene loess deposits in the Halych site (Western Ukraine) and their significance for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

“…The following analytical data were obtained: grain size distribution (Seul, 2002), heavy minerals (Racinowski, 2002), pollen (Komar, 2002), animal remains (Wojtal et al, 2001;Alexandrowicz et al, 2002;Wojtal, 2002;Boguckyj et al, 2008Boguckyj et al, , 2009. Deposit age was determined by UeTh method (7 dating) as well as 14 C (5 dating) and TL (56 dating) methods (Hercman and Gorka, 2002;Kusiak, 2002;Fedorowicz, 2006;Fedorowicz et al, 2007;Łanczont, 2013a).…”

“…Antoine et al, 2009;Obreht et al, 2014;Vandenberghe et al, 2014) due to its universal nature and possibility of correlation with marine records. The distinguished soil units were also named according to the regional stratigraphic loess schema of the VolhynianPodolian and Halych Prydnistrov'ja region Łanczont, 2013a, 2014a. All units were correlated with the loess and palaeosol units in Central Ukraine (Gozhik et al, 1995(Gozhik et al, , 2001 and related to the stratigraphic units of the Pleistocene in Western Europe and the chronostratigraphic calibration of MIS (Cohen and Gibbard, 2012;also see refs.…”

“…Its age was determined at 234 ka in the Zahvizdja profile (Kusiak, 2002) and at 233 ka in the Marynopil profile . In the Podolia region, in the Velykyi Hlybochok key-profile this set of soils was dated at 188e240 ka (Fedorowicz, 2006;Łanczont et al, 2013b).…”

“…This typological diversity of the soil S1 is the result of relief transformation of the fifth terrace of the Dnister River, which occurred in several stages after accumulation of the loess L3 and L2. The pedocomplex was TL dated at 140-80 ka Łanczont, 2013a). Horokhiv pedocomplex does not contain molluscan shells.…”

Micromorphological structure of Korshiv fossil soil complex of Halych 2D key section

“…Окрім опорного розрізу в с. Коршів [5], що послугував стратотипом для комплексу, він добре виражений і в багатьох інших розрізах Волинської (Бояничі [6]), Подільської (Ярмолинці, Гримайлів, Тернопіль, Великий Глибочок [7]) височин, Передкарпаття (Галич [8], Дубрівка, Слохині), Закарпаття (Королево).…”