Evidence of wildfires during deposition of the Upper Silesian Keuper succession, southern Poland

Kubik, Rafał; Uhl, Dieter; Marynowski, Leszek

doi:10.14241/asgp.2014.009

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“…In addition, gravelly crevasse splay deposits were This is a non-peer reviewed EarthArXiv preprint 4 formed in this study site; these have not been observed in previous cases (Hori and Hirouchi, 2011). Most reported crevasse splay deposits, both modern and ancient, are sandy (e.g., Gębica and Sokołowski, 2001;Nelson and Leclair, 2006;Arnaud-Fassetta, 2013;Matsumoto et al, 2016;Sato et al, 2017). Thus, determining the sources and depositional processes of gravelly crevasse splay deposits will enhance our understanding of levee breaches and their resulting deposits.…”

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“…Although many studies of modern crevasse splays have been conducted in areas where large meandering rivers have developed, most have investigated morphological changes on a scale of several years to several decades (e.g., Bristow et al, 1999;Pérez-Arlucea and Smith, 1999;Farrell, 2001;Buehler et al, 2011;Cahoon et al, 2011;Li and Bristow, 2015;Toonen et al, 2016). Hence, studies detailing the crevasse splay deposits formed by individual levee breaching events and discussing their formation process have typically been quite limited (Gębica and Sokołowski, 2001;Nelson and Leclair, 2006;Hori and Hirouchi, 2011;Arnaud-Fassetta, 2013;Matsumoto et al, 2016;Sato et al, 2017). Additionally, engineering studies based on field investigations and numerical calculations have been conducted to clarify the mechanism of levee breaches (e.g., Viero et al, 2013;Orlandini et al, 2015;Özer et al, 2020), but few studies have reconstructed the levee breaching process based on the sedimentary facies of crevasse splay deposits (Matsumoto et al, 2016;Sato et al, 2017).…”

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Features of crevasse splay deposits and sedimentary processes associated with levee breaching by the October 2019 flood of the Chikuma River, Central Japan

Yamada¹,

Naruse²,

Kuroda³

et al. 2023

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Field investigations and analyses of modern crevasse splay deposits can both elucidate the processes of levee breaching and help to identify past crevasse splay deposits from geologic strata, thereby estimating the magnitudes of ancient river floods. In this study, we studied levee breach processes and crevasse splay deposits in order to determine the distribution characteristics of the inundation area associated with the 2019 flooding of the Chikuma River, Central Japan. The crevasse splay formed by this event can be divided into three regions: proximal, medial, and distal splays. Behind the breached levee, sandy and gravelly sediment piles (proximal splay) formed at both sides of the crevasse channel, whereas sand and mud layers (medial and distal splays) were observed over a wide area within the inundation area, extending beyond the sediment piles. The upstream gravelly sediment pile (proximal splay) was characterized by clearly bounded lower sand and upper gravel layers, reflecting the process of levee breaching: the outer sandy soil of the artificial levee began to be scoured by external erosion, followed by the erosion of the inner gravelly soil. The sedimentary characteristics of the proximal splay deposits appear to have been strongly controlled by the local environment but are useful for inverse analysis of the progressive process of past and future levee breaches. Sandy crevasse splay deposits (medial splay) thinned rapidly away from the breached levee, whereas muddy crevasse splay deposits (distal splay) were thicker at lower elevations, indicating that they formed during the levee breach and stagnant stages, respectively. The distribution of the medial splay (35.7% of the inundation area) was restricted relative to that of the distal splay (~81.7% of the inundation area). This study indicates that it is important to determine the extent of muddy crevasse splay deposits from geologic strata in order to determine the inundation areas of past levee breaches.

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Features of crevasse splay deposits and sedimentary processes associated with levee breaching by the October 2019 flood of the Chikuma River, Central Japan

Yamada¹,

Naruse²,

Kuroda³

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“…Since this overview by Abu Hamad et al (2012) a number of additional studies on macro-charcoal has been published from Europe (e.g. Havlik et al, 2013;Uhl et al, 2014;Kubik et al, 2015;Philipe et al, 2015), the Middle East (e.g. Abu Hamad et al, , 2014, Antarctica (e.g.…”

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Palaeozoic and Mesozoic palaeo–wildfires: An overview on advances in the 21st Century

Jasper

Pozzebon–Silva

Carniere

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Fire is a major driver for the evolution of biodiversity throughout the Phanerozoic and occurs in continental palaeoenvironments since the advent of the first land plants in the Silurian. The detection of palaeo–wildfire events can be based on different proxies, and charcoal is widely accepted as the most reliable evidence for such events in sedimentary layers. Although the identification of sedimentary charcoal as the product of incomplete combustion was the subject of controversial scientific discussions, palaeobotanical data can be used to confirm the pyrogenic origin of such material. In an overview on Palaeozoic and Mesozoic charcoal remains, differences in the number of published records can be detected for individual periods; including phases with both, lower (Silurian, Triassic, Jurassic) and higher (Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Cretaceous) numbers of published evidences for palaeo–wildfires. With the aim to discuss selected advances in palaeo–wildfire studies since the beginning of the 21st Century, we present an overview on the published occurrences of charcoal for an interval from the Silurian up to the Cretaceous. It was possible to confirm that a lack of detailed palaeobotanical data on the subject is detected in some intervals and regions, despite the high potential of occurrences detected in form of pyrogenic inertinites by coal petrographic studies. Although such temporal and regional gaps can be explained by taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental biases, it also indicates the scientific potential of future studies in diverse palaeogeographical and temporal settings.

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“…The occurrence of charred fungal hyphae has repeatedly been reported from fossil charcoal (e.g. Scott, 2000;Uhl et al, 2007;Kubik et al, 2015) and usually it is not clear whether these fungi were growing before the wood died or not. However, it can be assumed that the occurrence of such fungi indicates that biological decay of the wood started prior to charring of the wood (e.g.…”

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“…However, it can be assumed that the occurrence of such fungi indicates that biological decay of the wood started prior to charring of the wood (e.g. Kubik et al, 2015).…”

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New palaeobotanical data from the Jarash Formation (Aptian-Albian, Kurnub Group) of NW Jordan

Hamad

Amireh

Jasper

et al. 2016

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This contribution provides new palaeobotanical data from the Jarash Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian–Albian) of NW Jordan. On the one hand it provides the first anatomical evidence for the occurrence of palaeo–wildfires in the Jarash Formation near the town of Jarash in NW Jordan, and, on the other hand, it provides a preliminary taxonomic assessment of the palaeoflora from a recently discovered locality nearby in the same formation. This flora consists of ferns assignable to Weichselia reticulata (Stokes et Webb) Fontaine in Ward and a so far unidentifiable taxon, conifer needles of Agathis levantensis Poinar & Milki and angiosperm leaves which can be attributed to the Platanaceae Sapindopsis cf. lebanensis. The latter taxon was so far only known from the Cenomanian of Lebanon.

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Evidence of wildfires during deposition of the Upper Silesian Keuper succession, southern Poland

Cited by 11 publications

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Features of crevasse splay deposits and sedimentary processes associated with levee breaching by the October 2019 flood of the Chikuma River, Central Japan

Features of crevasse splay deposits and sedimentary processes associated with levee breaching by the October 2019 flood of the Chikuma River, Central Japan

Palaeozoic and Mesozoic palaeo–wildfires: An overview on advances in the 21st Century

New palaeobotanical data from the Jarash Formation (Aptian-Albian, Kurnub Group) of NW Jordan

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