An aeolian or a glaciolacustrine record? A case study from Mieļupīte, Middle Gauja Lowland, northeast Latvia

• Autorzy: Nartišs M. , Kalińska-Nartiša E.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/logos-2017-0002

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the Middle Gauja Lowland, northeast Latvia, dunes are distributed over a vast glaciolacustrine plain that formed during the retreat of the Fennoscandian ice sheet. Such a direct contact between aeolian and glaciolacustrine sediments can be used to infer depositional settings and decipher to what extent these sediments bear an aeolian component. Our proxies, although preliminary, reveal a limited range of variation in grain-size parameters, a significant presence of quartz grains with silica precipitation and matt-surface grains of various rounding degrees and massive structure combined with horizontal lamination. These are indicative of periglacial-aeolian depositional conditions in the foreland of the Linkuva ice-marginal zone. Sedimentary characteristics do not match a single luminescence date of 9.2±0.6 ka, which significantly postdates the minimum age of the Linkuva ice-marginal zone with 10Be ages between 15.4 and 12.0 ka. Whether deposition started directly after drainage of the Middle Gauja ice-dammed lake or if there is a gap of 2.8–6.2 ka is a matter of debate; only future studies at higher OSL resolution could resolve this.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

dune; ice-dammed lake; quartz grain; optically stimulated luminescence; Linkuva ice-marginal zone; Baltic States

PL

wydma; jezioro lodowe; ziarna kwarcowe; optycznie stymulowana luminescencja; kraje bałtyckie

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza. Instytut Geologii
• Czasopismo: Geologos
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 23, No. 1
• Strony: 15--28
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 91 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Nartišs M.

• Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004 Latvia

autor

Kalińska-Nartiša E.

• SunGIS SIA, Pruuni, Rencēni Parish, Burtnieki region, LV-4232 Latvia

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