Depositional conditions on an alluvial fan at the turn of the Weichselian to the Holocene – a case study in the Żmigród Basin, southwest Poland

• Autorzy: Zieliński P. , Sokołowski R. J. , Fedorowicz S. , Woronko B. , Hołub B. , Jankowski M. , Kuc M. , Tracz M.

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DOI

10.1515/logos-2016-0012

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Presented are the results of research into the fluvio-aeolian sedimentary succession at the site of Postolin in the Żmigród Basin, southwest Poland. Based on lithofacies analysis, textural analysis, Thermoluminescence and Infrared-Optical Stimulated Luminescence dating and GIS analysis, three lithofacies units were recognised and their stratigraphic succession identified: 1) the lower unit was deposited during the Pleni-Weichselian within a sand-bed braided river functioning under permafrost conditions within the central part of the alluvial fan; 2) the middle unit is the result of aeolian deposition and fluvial redeposition on the surface of the fan during long-term permafrost and progressive decrease of humidity of the climate at the turn of the Pleni to the Late Weichselian; 3) the upper unit accumulated following the development of longitudinal dunes at the turn of the Late Weichselian to the Holocene; the development of dunes was interrupted twice by the form being stabilised by vegetation and soil development.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

climate change; periglacial environment; fluvial processes; aeolian processes; luminescence dating

PL

zmiana klimatu; środowisko peryglacjalne; procesy fluwialne; procesy eoliczne; datowanie luminescencyjne

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza. Instytut Geologii
• Czasopismo: Geologos
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 22, No. 2
• Strony: 105--120
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 92 poz.

Twórcy

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Zieliński P.

• Department of Geoecology and Palaeogeography, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Kraśnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

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Sokołowski R. J.

• Department of Marine Geology, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, Al. Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland

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Fedorowicz S.

• Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, University of Gdańsk, Bażyńskiego 4, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland

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Woronko B.

• Department of Climate Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland

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Hołub B.

• Department of Geoecology and Palaeogeography, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Kraśnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

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Jankowski M.

• Department of Soil Science and Landscape Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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Kuc M.

• Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Pl. Maksa Borna 9, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland

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Tracz M.

• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-775 Warsaw, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).