Evolution of St. Laurent Mountain near Chełmno based on luminescence dating

• Autorzy: Chruścińska A. , Lankauf K. R. , Luc M. , Oczkowski H. L. , Przegiętka K. R. , Szmańda J. B.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Luminescence dating was applied in the studies on the evolution of the St. Laurent Mountain in Kałdus (Lower Vistula Valley, Poland), where archaeological excavation revealed a settlement sequence. The core of the hill is constituted by eolian sands which formed the dune. Above them there is a sequence of deposits consisting of three levels of the silty sand anthropogenic deposits separated by top eolian cover and a layer of the burnt material. Three samples from the eolian base and one from the eolian cover were taken for luminescence analysis. The absolute age was established by a comparison of TL and OSL results. The basement of the St. Laurent Mountain (till and ablation sands) was created by a receding glacier during or short after the last glacial period. It suggests the age limit for the dune not older than 18,000 years. Luminescence dating indicates, that the dune formation was initiated in Pleniglacial just after deglaciation, ca. 16,500 years ago and the top eolian cover was established in Neolithic Age, between 6000 and 8000 years ago. Numerous archaeological findings from the upper part of the mountain and C-14 dates of the burnt material provided data for reconstruction of the last phase of this formation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

luminescence dating; quartz; bleaching; reconstruction of environment

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: Vol. 23
• Strony: 27--34
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Chruścińska A.

• Institute of Physics, Nicholas Copernicus University, Grudziądzka 5/7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Lankauf K. R.

• Institute of Geography, Nicholas Copernicus University, Fredry 6/8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Luc M.

• Institute of Geography, Nicholas Copernicus University, Fredry 6/8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Oczkowski H. L.

• Institute of Physics, Nicholas Copernicus University, Grudziądzka 5/7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Przegiętka K. R.

• Institute of Physics, Nicholas Copernicus University, Grudziądzka 5/7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

autor

Szmańda J. B.

• Institute of Geography, Nicholas Copernicus University, Fredry 6/8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Bibliografia

• 1. Aitken M.J., 1985: Thermoluminescence Dating. Academic Press, London.
• 2. Bailey R.M., 2000: The interpretation of quartz optically stimulated luminescence equivalent dose versus time plots. Radiation Measurements 32: 129-140.
• 3. Bailey R.M., Smith B.W. and Rhodes E.J., 1997: Partial bleaching and decay form characteristics of quartz OSL. Radiation Measurements 27: 123-136.
• 4. Bøtter-Jensen H. and Murray A.S., 1999: Developments in optically stimulated luminescence techniques for dating and retrospective dosimetry. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 84: 307-316.
• 5. Huntley D.J., Godfrey-Smith D.I. and Thewald M.L.W., 1985: Optical dating of sediments. Nature 313: 105-107.
• 6. Mejdahl V., 1985: Thermoluminescence dating of partially bleached sediments. Nuclear Tracks 10: 711-715.
• 7. Mejdahl V., 1988: The plateau method for dating partially bleached sediments. Quaternary Science Review 7: 347-348.
• 8. Murray A.S. and Olley, J.M., 2002: Precision and accuracy in the optically stimulated luminescence dating of sedimentary quartz: a status review. Geochronometria 21: 1-15.
• 9. Murray A.S. and Wintle A.G., 2000: Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol. Radiation Measurements 32: 57-73.
• 10. Niewiarowski W. 1987: Evolution of the lower Vistula valley in the Unisław Basin and the river gap to the North of Bydgoszcz Fordon, In: Starkel L., ed., Evolution of the Vistula river valley during the last 15 000 years, Geogr. Stud. Spec. Iss. 4, 234-252,
• 11. Oczkowski H.L. and Przegiętka K.R., 1998: Partial Matrix Doses for Thermoluminescence Dating. Physica Scripta 58: 534-537.
• 12. Oczkowski H.L. and Przegiętka K.R., 1998: TL Dating of Young Aeolian Deposits from Kępa Kujawska. Radiation Measurements 29: 435-439.
• 13. Prószyńska-Bordas H., 1985: TL dating of loess and fossil: soils from the last interglacial-glacial cycle. Nuclear Tracks 10: 737-742.
• 14. Spooner N.A., 1994: On the optical dating signal from quartz. Radiation Measurements 23: 593-600.
• 15. Wallinga J., 2002: Detection of OSL age overestimation using singlealiquot techniques. Geochronometria 21: 17-26.
• 16. Wintle A.G. and Huntley D.J., 1980: Thermoluminescence dating of ocean sediments. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 17: 348-360.
• 17. Wysota W., 2002: Stratygrafia środowiska sedymentacji zlodowacenia Wisły w południowej części dolnego Powiśla, (Stratigraphy and sedimentary Environments of the Weichselian Glaciation in the Soutern Part of the Lower Vistula Region), UMK:1-144. (in Polish).
• 18. Wysota W., Lankauf K.R., Szmańda J.B., Chruścińska A., Oczkowski H.L. and Przegiętka K.R., 2002: Chronology of the Vistulian (Weichselian) glacial events in the Lower Vistula Region, middle-north Poland. Geochronometria 21: 137-142.