Evidence for an alternative concept of the Finow soil formation

Hirsch, Florian; Raab, Thomas; Błaszkiewicz, Mirosław

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.105064

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“…Buried paleosols (Krasilnikov and Calderón, 2006;Muhs et al, 2013;Nettleton et al, 1998;Vancampenhout and Deckers, 2010) provide one of a few sources of information on the Quaternary local terrestrial paleoenvironment during the conditions of nondeposition and land surface stabilization (Catt, 1998;Kraus, 1999;Vancampenhout et al, 2013). In addition to that, paleosols occurring in aeolian deposits can serve as pedostratigraphic marker horizons, applicable for stratigraphic correlations at various spatial scales (Costantini, 2018;Hirsch et al, 2021;Lowe and Walker, 2014;Retallack, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although a number of pedostratigraphic marker horizons of varied age and extent are distinguished in Europe, no convention for naming such marker paleosols has yet been adopted. Therefore, all stratigraphically relevant late Pleistocene/early Holocene European marker horizons are named on an informal basis and referred to as "soil" (most often), "layer," "bed" or "horizon" (Haesaerts et al, 1999;Hirsch et al, 2021;Kaiser et al, 2009;Sauer et al, 2016;Vancampenhout and Deckers, 2010;Van der Hammen, 1952). Pedostratigraphic nomenclature remains likewise beyond the scope of the International Stratigraphic Guide (Salvador, 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, Usselo soil remains the only unquestionable paleopedological horizon recognized in Quaternary dune sands throughout Europe. Other Late Pleistocene marker horizons of widely recognized stratigraphic importance, including the Lohne, Bryansk and Trubchevsk soils, are in finer-grained wind-blown (loess) deposits (Figure 2; Hirsch et al, 2021).…”

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“…Another widely documented paleopedological horizon that had been ascribed to the Late Glacial is the so-called Finow soil. However, it is currently regarded to be a product of early diagenesis, rather than the soil-forming processes, and its pedostratigraphic significance is contested (Hirsch et al, 2021). Therefore, Usselo soil remains the only unquestionable paleopedological horizon recognized in Quaternary dune sands throughout Europe.…”

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The paleopedological record documented in aeolian dunes of the eastern European Sand Belt comprises predominantly Arenosols and only occasionally well-developed Podzols. There are several Late Pleistocene pedostratigraphic marker horizons of varied soil types designated in the European dune and loess deposits, but none falls within the range of the Holocene. Buried Podzol occurrences found recently in 10 inland dune sites dispersed throughout Central and Eastern Poland share similar pedological properties, geomorphological setting, and age in the 5th–15th century AD range of the historical Middle Ages. Therefore, they meet the criteria for distinction as a pedostratigraphic marker under the name Grębociny soil, after a locality with the most advanced podzolization of the paleosol dated to the High Middle Ages (1000–1300 AD). Preservation of the soils was enabled by burial during anthropogenically induced dune remobilization. At least some of the investigated dunes were used as pasture during soil development, as evidenced by tetrapod hoofprints recorded in and above the buried Podzols. Prevalent podzolization during the Middle Ages, in contrast to preceding and later times, could be facilitated by not only an impact of agriculture and forestry, but also relative warmth and humidity of the Medieval Climatic Optimum (ca. 900–1400 AD).

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