Pedological analysis as a key for reconstructing primary loess relief — A case study from the Magdalenian site in Klementowice (eastern Poland)

Rodzik, Jan; Mroczek, Przemysław; Wiśniewski, Tadeusz

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2013.09.001

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“…There has been extensive research on the loess dust transport and deposition rate, and many methods have been developed to understand the process of loess dust deposition on underlying paleotopography. The literature includes studies that have looked at the origin of loess dust transport using mineralogical and geochemical methods (Schaetzl, ; Muhs et al, ; Zhang et al, ), OSL dating to find the loess deposition rate (Lai et al, ; Chen et al, ; Stevens et al, ; Yang et al, ; Youn et al, ) and loess relief reconstruction through a pedological analysis (Rodzik et al, ). Studies of the loess and palaeosol layer have explored the relationship between climate change and the loess deposition process, and are prominent in loess‐landform research.…”

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Paleotopographic controls on loess deposition in the Loess Plateau of China

Xiong

Tang

Strobl

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Earth Surf Processes Landf

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The underlying pre‐existing paleotopography directly influences the loess deposition process and shapes the morphology of current loess landforms. An understanding of the controlling effects of the underlying paleotopography on loess deposition is critical to revealing the mechanism of loess‐landform formation. However, these controlling effects exhibit spatial variation as well as uncertainty, depending on a study's data sources, methodologies and particular research scope. In this study, the geological history of a study area in the Loess Plateau of China that is subject to severe soil erosion is investigated using detailed geological information and digital elevation models (DEMs), and an underlying paleotopographic model of the area is constructed. Based on the models of modern terrain and paleotopography, we introduce a watershed hierarchy method to investigate the spatial variation of the loess‐landform inheritance relationship and reveal the loess deposition process over different scales of drainage. The landform inheritance relationships were characterized using a terrain‐relief change index (TRCI) and a bedrock terrain controllability index (BTCI). The results show that the TRCI appears to have an inverse relationship with increasing research scope, indicating that, compared with the paleotopography of the region, modern terrain has lower topographic relief over the entire area, while it has higher topographic relief in the smaller, local areas. The BTCI strengthens with increasing drainage area, which demonstrates a strong controlling effect over the entire study area, but a weak effect in the smaller, local areas because of the effect of paleotopography on modern terrain. The results provide for an understanding of the spatial variation of loess deposition in relation to paleotopography and contribute to the development of a process‐based loess‐landform evolution model. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Paleotopographic controls on loess deposition in the Loess Plateau of China

Xiong

Tang

Strobl

et al. 2016

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“…The varying extent of erosional reduction of Luvisols developed from loess has been used as a key for reconstructing primary relief in archeological sites in this region (Rodzik et al, , 2014. In the studied area the problem has not yet received sufficient attention (Bednarek and Szrejder, 2004;Sinkiewicz, 1998).…”

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Luvisols or Cambisols? Micromorphological study of soil truncation in young morainic landscapes — Case study: Brodnica and Chełmno Lake Districts (North Poland)

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Mroczek

Bednarek

2016

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“…Type and intensity of anthropogenic transformations of the topographic surface was determined, employing the pedological method described by Rodzik and Mroczek (2015). This method was successfully used to determine changes, for example resulting from farming (Rejman et al, 2014;Rodzik et al, 2014;Superson et al, 2014).…”

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“…It is most clearly reflected in papers published in the series of the Polish Association for Environmental Archeology entitled 'Environmental -Man -Civilization' (Makohonienko et al, 2007a;Domańska et al, 2009;Karczewski et al, 2014) or in papers devoted to geoarcheology and environmental archaeology (Makohonienko et al, 2007b;Welc and Woronko, 2011). Most frequently, previous studies were limited to a single or a few prehistorical periods or cultures (Nowaczyk, 2008;Kittel and Skowron, 2009;Karczewski 2011;Kalicki and Czerniak, 2014;Morawska, 2014;Rodzik et al, 2014;Twardy, 2014;Mroczek, and Rodzik, 2015;Rodzik and Mroczek, 2015). The main objective was to reconstruct the environmental changes in an archaeological and its surroundings, taking into account a human activity record (Klimek and Zygmunt, 2007;Zgłobicki, 2008;Szwarczewski et al, 2014;Zgłobicki et al, 2014).…”

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Geological and Geomorphologic Conditions and Traces of Prehistoric and Historic Human Settlements in the Vicinity of Ulów (Roztocze Region, Southeastern Poland)

Rodzik

Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska

Nitychoruk³

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The paper presents determinants of location of the multicultural complex of archaeological sites in the vicinity of Ulów, in the Central Roztocze upland region in south-eastern Poland. Archaeological research revealed that in the area assumed to be devoid of settlements, the settlements of prehistoric and historical communities functioned from the Palaeolithic to modern times. The region was also subjected to environmental examination. Location of sites was analysed, taking into account a convenience of communication in a regional scale and local environmental conditions. Analysis of hydrogeological, geomorphological and soil conditions was carried out, taking into account water supply, communication and the farming development. In-depth analysis included micromorphological DTM (Digital Terrain Model) and geological and soil probing. The area was found to be located on the crossing of prehistoric communication routes the course of which depended on the variability of the physiographic parameters of regions. The functioning of new cultures in the same place resulted from specific local conditions such as: easily arable soils, favourable microclimate, and particularly access to water. The presence of a source of water in a plateau area is determined tectonically (strike-slip fault), lithologically (impermeable marl horizon), and geomorphologically (dissection of the aquifer by an erosion-denudation valley).

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Pedological analysis as a key for reconstructing primary loess relief — A case study from the Magdalenian site in Klementowice (eastern Poland)

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

Paleotopographic controls on loess deposition in the Loess Plateau of China

Paleotopographic controls on loess deposition in the Loess Plateau of China

Luvisols or Cambisols? Micromorphological study of soil truncation in young morainic landscapes — Case study: Brodnica and Chełmno Lake Districts (North Poland)

Geological and Geomorphologic Conditions and Traces of Prehistoric and Historic Human Settlements in the Vicinity of Ulów (Roztocze Region, Southeastern Poland)

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