Global and regional palaeoclimate records from the Paleogene and Neogene : selected examples from the Polish Lowland

• Autorzy: Słodkowska Barbara , Kasiński Jacek

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DOI

10.7306/2025.12

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Global climate changes during the Paleogene and Neogene have been recorded in sedimentary strata in many regions of the world, as well as in the Polish Lowlands, where there are eposits containing plant and animal fossils. Records of global climatic events have been recognized in strata from the Cretaceous/Paleocene boundary, the Eocene, which includes an amber-bearing association, and also the Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene. A climatic transition is seen in the flora at the Eocene/Oligocene characteristic d boundary, marking the beginning of a vegetationalpattern similar to the modern one. Cyclic sequences including rich lignite seams also provide clearly palaeoclimate records within the middle Miocene. During the upper Miocene and Pliocene, there was a distinct cooling trend, reaching its maximum during the Pleistocene glaciations.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

climate changes; global events; Paleogene; Neogene; Polish Lowland

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Przegląd Geologiczny
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 73, nr 2
• Strony: 139--144
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 42 poz., fot., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Słodkowska Barbara

• Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-4935

autor

Kasiński Jacek

• Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-5051

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).