Late glacial retreat and Neoglacial advance sequences in the Zillertal Alps, Austria

Mahaney, William C.; Hancock, R. G. V.; Melville, Howard

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.013

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“…Heavy minerals are potentially useful in palaeoenvironmental and transport reconstructions (Mange and Wright 2007), and their applications have been tested in numerous sedimentary environments (e.g. Kasper-Zubillaga and Zolezzi-Ruiz 2007;Mahaney et al 2011;Weckwerth et al 2013). The heavy mineral composition of a total of eight samples (Jaźwie 1: n = 4; Kątniki: n = 3; Łysobyki: n = 1) was studied.…”

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Sandy fan‐like forms in the central‐eastern mazovian lowland (central poland): textural record and chronology

Kalińska

Nartišs

2016

Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography

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A unique, continuous, fan‐shaped belt of sandy landforms in the central‐eastern Mazovian Lowland, Central Poland has been investigated using a multiproxy dataset of sediment physical properties and chronological framework. Although there are several previous studies of similar fan‐like forms elsewhere in Central Poland, this central‐eastern part has not been investigated in detail. A combined methodological approach, using grain‐size distributions, the roundness, surface character and microtexture of quartz grains, and the mineral composition of the light and heavy fractions, indicate a predominantly aeolian origin for the fan‐like forms. Overlying them are dunes, the sediment within which is derived mainly from the fan‐like forms. Two main aeolian phases are distinguished based on luminescence ages: (1) between around 15 and 16 ka, possibly correlated with the Pomeranian Phase of the last (Vistulian) glaciation in Poland, and representing a phase with a poorly recorded deflation event; and (2) around 12 ka, associated with the Younger Dryas onset, when fresh, non‐aeolian material was delivered to the system. Overall, the palaeoenvironmental pattern of the fan‐like forms is controlled by the Upper Pleistocene aeolian trends.

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Sandy fan‐like forms in the central‐eastern mazovian lowland (central poland): textural record and chronology

Kalińska

Nartišs

2016

Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography

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“…Therefore, we also expected grain features characteristic of subglacial sands associated with a large, proximal ice sheet. High shear‐stress regimes, as imposed by glacial transport, produce a unique suite of microtextures on quartz grains (Kirshner and Anderson, ), which include conchoidal features, arcuate steps, subparallel linear fractures, angularity and high relief (Mahaney and Kalm, ; Helland and Holmes, ; Mahaney, ; Mahaney et al, ; Immonen et al, ; Molén, ; Vos et al, ; Makvandi et al, ; Woronko, ). These features correlate, only to a limited extent, with the investigated till‐like samples.…”

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Microtextural Inheritance on Quartz Sand Grains from Pleistocene Periglacial Environments of the Mazovian Lowland, Central Poland

Kalińska

Woronko

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2017

Permafrost & Periglacial

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Sand grains from Quaternary glacial, aeolian and fluvial deposits in the Mazovian Lowland, central Poland, were examined to characterize the effects of different Quaternary processes on sand‐grain surfaces that experienced repeated cycles of intense polar‐desert‐like conditions during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. A cold, dry and windy periglacial environment prevailed here at least twice between the Saalian (Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6) and Holocene (MIS 1) stages. Because the surface characteristics of quartz sand grains can provide important palaeoenvironmental information, we examined grains extracted from sediment samples in different landforms to determine their surficial features from scanning electron microscope images. The grain surfaces were dominated by microtextures characteristic of aeolian‐induced grain transformation, indicated by a high percentage of well‐rounded, low‐relief‐worn grains with dish‐shaped depressions, bulbous edges and upturned plates. Although remnants of previous sedimentary cycles were occasionally observed, aeolian effects were dominant even in glacial and fluvial settings. Quartz microtextures indicated that none of the examined grains represented their original setting, but rather suggested remobilisation under periglacial conditions. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Our investigations did not reveal buried deposits/soils, similar to what have been found elsewhere (Röthlisberger and Schneebeli ; Mahaney et al . ) that might suggest rapid deglaciation followed by glacial resurgence during the Subboreal or Atlantic chrons. Rather it seems deglaciation may have been slowed by climatic deterioration ( c .…”

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“…While multi‐parameter lithologic/soil studies have been attempted in the Austrian Tyrol (Pindur and Heuberger ; Mahaney et al . ) to test relative‐age dating methods, the database and interpretation presented here is the first to average soil profile development over ∼4 ka in the Swedish mountains and assess the degree to which Neoglaciation slowed glacial recession, thus affecting glacial stillstand/readvance events. The approximate age of the outer group of deposits is based upon radiocarbon controls discussed previously by Mahaney and Kalm ().…”

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Middle–late holocene paleoclimate and weathering history in the norra storfjället mountains, sweden: deglacial record and soil stratigraphy applied to neoglaciation in lower latitudes

Mahaney

Kalm

2013

Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography

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The retreat record of the Stabre Glacier into the Norra Storfjället mountains, after separation from the massive Tärnaån Glacier at some undetermined time in the Atlantic Chron, is documented by recessional moraines in the foreland. While poorly constrained by radiometric dating, the age of the middle group of moraines averages out to less than 4000 cal 14C yr BP, the older moraine group probably of Late Atlantic age, with the youngest deposits of Little Ice Age (LIA). Soils/paleosols range from Entisols (youngest) and Inceptisols (middle group) to mature Spodosols (outer group), existing either as single‐story profiles or within pedostratigraphic columns, buried pedons either surfaced with weathered glacial or mass wasted deposits. Some profiles exhibit convoluted properties which could place them in the Cryosolic order. The physico‐mineral‐chemical properties of soils/paleosols in recessional deposits across this sequence provide weathering indices over the mid to Late Holocene in the Swedish sub‐Arctic climate. It is likely the middle group of deposits represents stillstand of the retreating glacier offset by climatic deterioration with the onset of Early Neoglacial climate which altered the glacial mass balance, at least until termination of the LIA. Correlation to other alpine areas in the middle and tropical latitudes with similar records is attempted and discussed. While the Stabre Glacier disappeared after the LIA, the nearby Tärna Glacier remains extant on the land surface, a presumed result of slight elevation differences between the two cirques which affects storm tracks and resultant variations in glacial mass balances.

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Late glacial retreat and Neoglacial advance sequences in the Zillertal Alps, Austria

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

Sandy fan‐like forms in the central‐eastern mazovian lowland (central poland): textural record and chronology

Sandy fan‐like forms in the central‐eastern mazovian lowland (central poland): textural record and chronology

Microtextural Inheritance on Quartz Sand Grains from Pleistocene Periglacial Environments of the Mazovian Lowland, Central Poland

Middle–late holocene paleoclimate and weathering history in the norra storfjället mountains, sweden: deglacial record and soil stratigraphy applied to neoglaciation in lower latitudes

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