Coastal dune dynamics along the northern Curonian Spit, Lithuania : toward an integrated database

• Autorzy: Bitinas A. , Dobrotin N. , Buynevich I. V. , Molodkov A. , Damušytė A. , Pupienis D.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.7306/gq.1435

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Sand dunes are the most prominent subjects of geological and geomorphological interest along the Curonian Spit - a mega-barrier that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. To date, an assessment of various parameters of migrating dunes along the spit has been based on comparative analysis of old maps or aerial and satellite images, as well as geodetic measurements. These investigations have allowed assessment of dune dynamics over a relatively short historical period (~1700s to present). The most recent detailed investigations of the Dead (Grey) Dunes along the Lithuanian part of the spit using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic susceptibility (MS) surveys, supported by a radiocarbon (14C) chronological framework of palaeosols and infrared optically stimulated luminescence (IR-OSL) ages of sand horizons, have advanced our understanding of aeolian landscape evolution. The interpretation of dune activity and stability phases has been generally based on IR-OSL dating results of the sand layers located between radiocarbon-dated palaeosols. However, the influence of soil-forming processes on the IR-OSL dating results related to possible migration of natural radioactive isotopes via aeolian sand layers has not been previously considered. Hypotheses of dune reactivation and migration caused by abrupt regional climate shifts, catastrophic forest fires, anthropogenic influence, and more local forcings have been tested. An integrated approach to dune investigations has offered an estimate of the rates of sand accumulation and key phases of aeolian dynamics during both stormy and calm periods, as well as helped to extend the record of dune evolution to the mid-Holocene. The palaeoenvironmental and palaeodynamic reconstructions of the Dead Dunes suggest that this mid-Holocene phase of dune activity was of a local character and likely did not exceed several centuries.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

palaeosols; ground-penetrating radar; GPR; IR-OSL; radiocarbon; magnetic susceptibility

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 62, No. 3
• Strony: 553--562
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 40 poz., fot., mapa, rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Bitinas A.

• Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, 92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania

autor

Dobrotin N.

• Klaipėda University, Marine Research Institute, 92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania
• Vilnius University, Institute of Geosciences, 03101 Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Buynevich I. V.

• Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

autor

Molodkov A.

• Tallinn University of Technology Institute of Geology, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

autor

Damušytė A.

• Lithuanian Geological Survey, 03123 Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Pupienis D.

• Nature Research Centre, Institute Geology and Geography, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).