Peculiarities of sedimentation conditions in the oxbow lakes of Dubysa River (Lithuania)

• Autorzy: Gaigalas A. , Pazdur A. , Michczynski D. , Pawlyta J. , Kleišmantas A. , Melešyte M. , Rudnickaite E. , Kazakauskas V. , Vainorius J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Abundant wood remains and buried trees have been found in the western part of Lithuania near Zakeliškiai and Lyduv?nai on Dubysa River (a tributary of Nemunas River) where deposits are rich in organic remnants and buried soils. In Zakeliškiai and Skiručiai sections of Dubysa River ox-bow sediments were investigated by various methods (dendrochronological, carbonate, granulometric, pollen and mollusc fauna analysis). In addition, these sections were dated using the radiocarbon method. Samples were collected from deposits of Dubysa River outcrops. The studied oxbow lakes have existed for more than 5 thousand years (from ca. 4300 BC to 1000 AD). During this period or-ganic rich deposits with trees and branches were formed in the oxbow lake. This indicates that at the end of Atlantic, during Subboreal and in the early Subatlantic periods there was a forest growing that contained mainly oaks which were falling down into an oxbow lake and later were covered by sandy and silty deposits. The granulometry of alluvial deposits, as well as the mixture of medium-grained sand and silt show different stages of Dubysa River palaeochannel formation: riverbed and oxbow lakes. Three climate warming cycles were revealed according to carbonate analysis data in all investi-gated sections. The rheophile thermophilous Holocene age molluscs species Bithynia tentaculata L., Unio cf. crassus Philipsson, Pisidium amnicum (Müller), Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus) have been found. The pollen composition and sequences have been divided into five local pollen assemblage zones (LPAZ) and described according to pollen spectra in each zone. In this way it is possible restore palaeoclimatic coherent evolution, trends and cyclical change.

Słowa kluczowe

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radiocarbon; Holocene; carbonate analysis; dendrochronology; granulometry; oxbow lakes; Dubysa; Lithuania

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 40, no. 1
• Strony: 22--32
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

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Gaigalas A.

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Pazdur A.

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Michczynski D.

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Pawlyta J.

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Kleišmantas A.

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Melešyte M.

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Rudnickaite E.

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Kazakauskas V.

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Vainorius J.

• Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Vilnius University, Ciurlonio 22/27, 2009 Vilnius, Lithuania,

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