Application of the OSL dating for stratigraphic correlation of Late Weichselian and Holocene sediments in the Lithuanian Maritime Region

Bitinas, Albertas; Damušytė, Aldona; Hütt, G.; Jaek, I.; Kabailienė, Meilutė

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“…The first attempt at optical dating of aeolian sediments in Lithuania was associated with large-scale geological mapping projects of the Geological Survey of Lithuania, especially those in the Lithuanian Maritime Region. Along with the dating of inter-till deposits and sediments associated with different stages of the Baltic Sea development, some tens of samples from aeolian deposits were dated using the thermo-and optically stimulated luminescence methods (Satkū nas et al 1991;Bitinas et al 2000Bitinas et al , 2001. An overview of the first results of optical dating of Lithuanian aeolian deposits was published by Bitinas (2004).…”

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Sedimentary record and luminescence chronology of the Lateglacial and Holocene aeolian sediments in Lithuania

Molodkov

Bitinas

2008

Boreas

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2006 (May): Sedimentary record and luminescence chronology of the Lateglacial and Holocene aeolian sediments in Lithuania. Boreas, Vol. 35, pp. 244 Á/254. Oslo. ISSN 0300-9483.Sand dunes are common along the sea coasts of Lithuania and in some regions of the mainland part of the country. Until recently, the age of the aeolian deposits was only approximate because of the lack of radiocarbondating of soils buried in dune deposits. A relatively new alternative method to direct dating of organic-free deposits is infra-red optically stimulated luminescence (IR-OSL). Using this method, we investigated the sedimentary history of some Lateglacial and Holocene depositional sites of Lithuanian dunes. The samples for IR-OSL dating have been taken from boreholes (Mančiagirė, Smalininkai, Ž alioji Giria) and outcrops (Mančiagirė and Ventės Ragas) in different dune massifs. The results indicate that the aeolian sedimentation in Lithuania started during the Younger Dryas. The termination of the aeolian processes in the continental part of Lithuania is correlated with the end of the Atlantic or the beginning of the Subboreal period; this can be explained by significant climatic changes during the Atlantic period. There were several periods of high aeolian activity during the Holocene, but these are asynchronous in different dune massifs and variations in the sedimentation rate occurred both vertically over the section and spatially across the massif.

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Sedimentary record and luminescence chronology of the Lateglacial and Holocene aeolian sediments in Lithuania

Molodkov

Bitinas

2008

Boreas

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“…Nevertheless, ambiguity in the interpretation of OSL ages arises from partially bleached sediments since they carry residual signals from transport and depositional cycles earlier in the history of the minerals. Recent OSL dating studies on relict proglacial and glaciofluvial/deltaic sediments have encountered problems with incomplete bleaching of the luminescence signal prior to deposition, leading to anomalously old ages in some samples, and mixtures of differentially-bleached quartz grains (Rendell et al, 1994;Rhodes and Pownall, 1994;Berger and Anderson, 2000;Rhodes, 2000;Bitinas et al, 2001;Spencer and Owen, 2004;Raukas and Stankowski, 2005;Alexanderson and Murray, 2007;Boe et al, 2007;Gemmell et al, 2007;Klasen et al, 2007;Lukas et al, 2007;Thrasher et al, 2009). Fast component OSL quartz grains and grains whose OSL derives from other components could also exist within a deposit that has been evenly bleached, creating an 'apparently' inconsistently bleached sediment (Bailey, 2000;Murray and Wintle, 2003;Singarayer and Bailey, 2003).…”

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Holocene relative sea-level change and deglaciation on Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula, from elevated lake deltas

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Bentley

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“…In Lithuania palaeosalinity reconstruction of the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon using diatoms were performed by M. Kabailienë [46], G. Vaikutienë [7,8] and A. Bitinas et al [9].…”

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Impact of Road Maintenance Salts on Water Ecosystems According to Diatom Flora Investigation

Oškinis

Kasperovičius

2005

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

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Road maintenance chlorides have a negative environmental impact. Chemical solutions of melting snow inevitably get into the soil and change its chemical composition. They also get into ponds. Five water basins in Vilnius city, at 5–80 m from roads, were chosen for investigation. The highest chloride concentrations were established by roads where winter road maintenance is performance at the highest level. The hydrophysical and chemical parameters of the investigated lakes depend on anthropogenic processes. Diatoms were used as indicators for reconstruction of the paleo‐ecological history of the lakes. They respond sensitively to changes in lake water salinity. The total number of 35 indifferentic‐halophilic species from all the 78 diatom taxa were identified in the lake bottom sediments. Fluctuations of their abundance could be caused by the impact of salts in different periods stimulating the productivity of indifferentic‐halophilic specie

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Application of the OSL dating for stratigraphic correlation of Late Weichselian and Holocene sediments in the Lithuanian Maritime Region

Cited by 26 publications

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Sedimentary record and luminescence chronology of the Lateglacial and Holocene aeolian sediments in Lithuania

Sedimentary record and luminescence chronology of the Lateglacial and Holocene aeolian sediments in Lithuania

Holocene relative sea-level change and deglaciation on Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula, from elevated lake deltas

Impact of Road Maintenance Salts on Water Ecosystems According to Diatom Flora Investigation

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