Fluvial response to environmental conditions during MIS 4-3 : a sedimentary record at the Brześnica site, central-western Poland

• Autorzy: Moskalewicz Damian , Tylmann Karol , Woźniak Piotr Paweł , Kopyść Natalia , Moska Piotr

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DOI

10.7306/gq.1560

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Fluvial deposits subjected to this study are exposed at the Brześnica site, in the south-western part of the Wielkopolska region in Poland, which was close to the ice-sheet limit during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Sedimentological analyses, including lithofacies descriptions, palaeocurrent measurements, grain size and rounding analyses and heavy mineral compositions indicate that the fluvial deposits at Brześnica were deposited in braided river environment. The following fluvial sedimentary processes were inferred: (1) shallow, rapid flow alternating with waning flow, (2) infilling of erosional channels with fluvial sediments during flood events, (3) changes from supercritical to subcritical flows, and (4) shallow sheet floods. The results of OSL dating indicated sediment deposition ~65.2 ±1.5 ka, i.e. in MIS 4, that was here characterized by cold environmental conditions and a general shift from meandering to braided fluvial sedimentation style. This finding contrasts with accumulation/erosion phases interpreted previously in this region for that time interval; however, it is consistent with recent studies of fluvial systems functioning during MIS 5-2 and of factors responsible for sedimentation style.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

braided river; fluvial deposits; OSL dating; MIS 4; MIS 3; Last Glacial Maximum

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 64, No. 4
• Strony: 915--930
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 86 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

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Moskalewicz Damian

• University of Gdańsk, Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland

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Tylmann Karol

• University of Gdańsk, Department of Geophysics, Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland

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Woźniak Piotr Paweł

• University of Gdańsk, Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland

autor

Kopyść Natalia

• University of Gdańsk, Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland

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Moska Piotr

• Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Konarskiego 22B/216, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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