A new stratigraphic position of some Early Pleistocene deposits in central Poland

Bujak, Łukasz; Woronko, Barbara; Winter, Hanna; Marcinkowski, Bogusław; Werner, Tomasz; Stachowicz‐Rybka, Renata; Żarski, Marcin; Woźniak, Piotr Paweł; Rosowiecka, Olga

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“…Bujak et al 2016). Based on the new results of Makowska (2015) and Winter (2015), new palynological data proved that the deposits correlated previously with the Preglacial are of the Early Pliocene age (Bujak et al 2016).…”

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Bujak et al 2016 and reference therein). They were deposited by rivers flowing from the west, south and south-east that aggraded large alluvial fans in the southern Mazovian Lowland, and were dissected by the rivers.…”

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Popescu et al 2010;Bujak et al 2016), defined in the Polish literature as the Preglacial or the Eopleistocene (e.g. Lewiński 1928;KosmowskaCeranowicz 1987;Mojski 2005).…”

Section: History Of Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Preglacial deposits occurred inside deep river valleys in the Lublin Upland and in the Carpathian Foreland. Lack of preglacial deposits in many areas has been presumably due to post-depositional erosion (Bujak et al 2016).…”

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Minerals resistant to physical and chemical weathering prevailed, accompanied by cherts and lydites, and there was a small admixture of dark minerals (cf. Woronko and Bujak 2010;Bujak et al 2016).…”

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quaternary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of Poland

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Dzierżek

Janiszewski

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Acta Geologica Polonica

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Though the stratigraphical and palaeogeographical framework of the Quaternary in Poland is still to be completed, several crucial points have been confirmed recently. The preglacial series, accepted for years as belonging to the Lower Pleistocene, is undoubtedly of Early Pliocene age, with a huge hiatus above almost until the uppermost Lower Pleistocene. The earliest glaciation in Poland (Nidanian) occurred at about 900 ka BP when the ice sheet reached the mid-southern part of the country. The following Podlasian Interglacial embraced the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary in the middle, in a similar fashion to the corresponding Cromerian Complex in Western Europe. The late Early and early Middle Pleistocene interglacials in Poland comprised 2–3 optima each, whereas every one of the younger interglacials was characterised by a single optimum only. The Late Vistulian ice sheet was most extensive in the western part of Poland (Leszno Phase) whereas the younger Poznań Phase was more extensive in the central and eastern part of the country. This was due to the varied distance from the glaciation center in Scandinavia, making the ice sheet margin reach a terminal position in different times. Palaeoclimatological research in the Tatra Mountains has provided new evidence for the atmospheric circulation over Europe. During cold phases of the Pleistocene in Poland a continental climate extended further westwards, quite the opposite that occurring during warmer intervals.

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Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 81%

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Popescu et al 2010;Bujak et al 2016), defined in the Polish literature as the Preglacial or the Eopleistocene (e.g. Lewiński 1928;KosmowskaCeranowicz 1987;Mojski 2005).…”

Section: History Of Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Origin and Age Of Preglacial Depositsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evolution of Early Pleistocene fluvial systems in central Poland prior to the first ice sheet advance – a case study from the Bełchatów lignite mine

Goździk

Zieliński

2017

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Deposits formed between the Neogene/Pleistocene transition and into the Early Pleistocene have been studied, mainly on the basis of drillings and at rare, small outcrops in the lowland part of Polish territory. At the Bełchatów lignite mine (Kleszczów Graben, central Poland), one of the largest opencast pits in Europe, strata of this age have long been exposed in extensive outcrops. The present paper is based on our field studies and laboratory analyses, as well as on research data presented by other authors. For that reason, it can be seen as an overview of current knowledge of lowermost Pleistocene deposits at Bełchatów, where exploitation of the Quaternary overburden has just been completed. The results of cartographic work, sedimentological, mineralogical and palynological analyses as well as assessment of sand grain morphology have been considered. All of these studies have allowed the distinction of three Lower Pleistocene series, i.e., the Łękińsko, Faustynów and Krzaki series. These were laid down in fluvial environments between the end of the Pliocene up to the advance of the first Scandinavian ice sheet on central Poland. The following environmental features have been interpreted: phases of river incision and aggradation, changes of river channel patterns, source sediments for alluvia, rates of aeolian supply to rivers and roles of fluvial systems in morphological and geological development of the area. The two older series studied, i.e., Łękińsko and Faustynów, share common characteristics. They were formed by sinuous rivers in boreal forest and open forest environments. The Neogene substratum was the source of the alluvium. The younger series (Krzaki) formed mainly in a braided river setting, under conditions of progressive climatic cooling. Over time, a gradual increase of aeolian supply to the fluvial system can be noted; initially, silt and sand were laid down, followed by sand only during cold desert conditions. These fluvio-periglacial conditions are identified in the foreground of the advance of the oldest ice sheet into this part of central Poland. The series studied have been compared with other fluvial successions which accumulated in the Kleszczów Graben during subsequent glaciations so as to document general changes in fluvial systems as reactions to climatic evolution. Thus, a palaeoenvironmental scenario has emerged which could be considered to be characteristic of central Poland during the Early Pleistocene.

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Evolution of Professor Leszek Lindner’s ideas on the Quaternary stratigraphy of Poland

Dzierżek,

Kulus

2023

Acta Geologica Polonica

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This contribution characterises the stratigraphic schemes of the Quaternary as constructed and published by Leszek Lindner in 1967–2019. The oldest schemes assume the subdivision of the Pleistocene into three glaciations (i.e., Cracow, Middle-Polish and Baltic) separated by two interglacials (Great and Eemian). The scheme published in 1992 comprises eight glacial and seven interglacial units. The most recent scheme for the Quaternary contains seven advances of the Scandinavian ice-sheet on the area of Poland during the Nidanian (MIS 22), Sanian 1 (MIS 16), Sanian 2 (MIS 12), Liviecian (MIS 10), Krznanian (MIS 8), Odranian (MIS 6), and Vistulian (MIS 2–5d) glaciations. They are separated by six interglacials: Podlasian, Ferdynandovian, Mazovian, Zbójnian, Lublinian and Eemian. The ranges of glacial transgressions, and key interglacial and preglacial sites are assembled in a cumulative scheme for the area of Poland. We review the main study methods on which the subsequent versions of the stratigraphic scheme were based. These include Prof. Lindner’s own detailed field research in glaciated and extraglacial areas, and paleofloristic, paleontological and paleomagnetic studies of major interglacial sites carried out by numerous researchers, as well as thorough literature studies.

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A new stratigraphic position of some Early Pleistocene deposits in central Poland

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References 14 publications

Quaternary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of Poland

Quaternary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of Poland

Evolution of Early Pleistocene fluvial systems in central Poland prior to the first ice sheet advance – a case study from the Bełchatów lignite mine

Evolution of Professor Leszek Lindner’s ideas on the Quaternary stratigraphy of Poland

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