The Vistulian aeolian succession in central Poland

Goździk, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.026

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“…The maximal advance of the Vistulian ice sheet is accompanied by processes of long transportation of sand grains and simultaneous strong abrasion (Gozdzik, 2007). Hence, the high level of quartz grain roundness and frosting are observed in Central Poland (Gozdzik, 1991).…”

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“…Hence, the high level of quartz grain roundness and frosting are observed in Central Poland (Gozdzik, 1991). Cold desert conditions and aeolian processes were still persisting at the end of the Late Plenivistulian but their intensity was lower (Gozdzik, 1991(Gozdzik, , 2007). According to model experiments (Rennsen et al, 2007) circulation in NE and central Europe during the Late Plenivistulian was dominated by W-SW to W-NW winds, which were stronger than the SW winds in the modern climate.…”

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“…According to model experiments (Rennsen et al, 2007) circulation in NE and central Europe during the Late Plenivistulian was dominated by W-SW to W-NW winds, which were stronger than the SW winds in the modern climate. Climate amelioration and return of vegetation processes in the Late Vistulian radically reduced the activity of the aeolian system (Gozdzik, 2007). According to Kocurek & Havholm (1993), younger aeolian sediments were preserved as a surface stabilization of the accumulation.…”

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Geological setting and sedimentary characteristics of the coversands distributed in the western part of the Blonie glaciolacustrine basin (Central Poland) - Preliminary results

Kalińska¹

2012

Bull Geol Soc Finland

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The coversands distributed in the Blonie glaciolacustrine basin, west of Warsaw (Central Poland) were investigated. Textural features including grain size, rounding and frosting of quartz grains and mineralogical-petrographic composition in the sandy fractions (0.5-0.8 and 0.8-1.0 mm) were examined and the types, dynamics, regime and variation in processes during the formation of the coversands were determined. The sands are characterized by the prevalence of quartz and lack of micaceous minerals. Moreover, the relatively high content of partially rounded, matt (EM/RM) and well-rounded (RM) quartz grains, typical of aeolian sedimentary conditions, was certified. Hence, the results show a high aeolization degree of the investigated sediments, thus correlating them with aeolian deposition in dry, periglacial conditions after drying up of the Warsaw icedammed lake.

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Geological setting and sedimentary characteristics of the coversands distributed in the western part of the Blonie glaciolacustrine basin (Central Poland) - Preliminary results

Kalińska¹

2012

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“…This fact is contradictory to the opinions of Rutkowski (1987), Starkel (2001) who included the whole area into the Holocene alluvial plain. Such a high percentage of grains affected by aeolian processes indicates that deposition of these strata took place under severe climatic conditions and at poor plant cover (Seppällä, 2004;Goździk, 2007). Wind transported grains were accumulated most commonly at wet bottom surfaces of river valleys or in any morphological depression (Mycielska-Dowgiałło and Woronko, 2004;Goź-dzik, 2007).…”

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“…At low water levels these grains might have been again mobilized by winds (Good and Bryant, 1985;Seppällä, 2004), which contributed to the increasing roundness of grain surfaces. Such evolution scheme of aeolian processes was presented by Goździk (2007) for the end of the last glacial epoch. Zieliński (2007) described similar sediments from Bełchatów and linked them to the end of the Vistulian glacial period.…”

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Changes of Natural Environment in Kraków Downtown - Its Chronology and Directions. Case Geoarchaeological Studies of Krupnicza Street Site

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Sediments exposed in a construction excavation form a sequence: alluvial deposits > black soil > made ground. Peat-like deposits, organic muds and occasionally sand occur between the soil and the made ground. High aeolization of alluvial sediments allows relating their age to the Late Vistulian. The sediments were eroded and in the washout at first organic muds were deposited and subsequently sands. The lowest layer, radiocarbon-dated at 4510±60 uncal. years BP (Gd-12724), can be probably linked to climate moistening at the transition between the Holocene Atlantic and the Subboreal period. Pollen grains found in muds, black soil and peat-like deposits reflect the changes of local plant cover from dominated by pine woodlands (at the transition between the Atlantic and the Subboreal period) to strongly deforested with single trees, meadows, small crop fields and gardens in the Medieval period. Palynological results describing the character of vegetation might have been influenced also by direct human activity on site, e.g. by storage of wood and branches (then used as construction material or fuel), crops, fodder or waste. Microartefacts found in soil suggest metal processing in the vicinity during the Bronze Age. In the made ground, which has been accumulating since the 14th century, quartz, clay minerals and micas were identified together with fragments of bricks, concrete, ceramics, bones, slag, charcoal, organic matter, limestone fragments and metals. Horizons enriched in slag fragments are also high in metals: Fe, Mn and Pb, which reveal a twofold increase in metal processing activity.

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Cone penetration testing for extensive mapping of deeply buried Late Glacial coversand landscape paleotopography

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Storme

Cruz³

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Late Glacial coversand landscapes are important archives of environmental change during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition as well as of Final Paleolithic human adaptation to these changes. However, extensive reconstruction of these landscapes is hampered by the fact that they are often preserved best when covered with later eolian, alluvial and/or marine sediments. These paleolandscapes are generally mapped by means of manual or mechanical coring to date, which is rather expensive and labor‐intensive. This study aims to develop a more efficient methodology to map paleolandscapes buried within the coversand and below Holocene floodplain deposits, using a case study in NW Belgium. Electric cone penetration testing is established as a primary technique for mapping the paleotopography of thin organic rich layers within the coversand, in combination with core sampling for lithostratigraphic correlation and validation. Radiocarbon dating and pollen analyses are used to investigate the chronological and biostratigraphic context, respectively. The results reveal the paleotopography of three undulating organic rich stabilization surfaces within the coversand, which were formed from the GI‐1d to GI‐1a. These paleosurfaces provide valuable contexts for studying Final Paleolithic archaeology in the coversand region specifically, but the developed methodology is applicable to Paleolithic archaeology in general.

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The Vistulian aeolian succession in central Poland

Cited by 53 publications

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Geological setting and sedimentary characteristics of the coversands distributed in the western part of the Blonie glaciolacustrine basin (Central Poland) - Preliminary results

Geological setting and sedimentary characteristics of the coversands distributed in the western part of the Blonie glaciolacustrine basin (Central Poland) - Preliminary results

Changes of Natural Environment in Kraków Downtown - Its Chronology and Directions. Case Geoarchaeological Studies of Krupnicza Street Site

Cone penetration testing for extensive mapping of deeply buried Late Glacial coversand landscape paleotopography

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