Sandy fan-like forms in the central-eastern mazovian lowland (central poland) : Textural record and chronology
(2016) In Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography 98(2). p.111-127- Abstract
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... (More)
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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- author
- Kalinska-Nartisa, Edyta LU and Nartišs, Maris
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-06-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Fan-like forms, Luminescence chronology, Textural characterisation
- in
- Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography
- volume
- 98
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84962748855
- wos:000377220400002
- ISSN
- 0435-3676
- DOI
- 10.1111/geoa.12125
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 331d1821-c2a2-4d7c-a9c9-03818552173d
- date added to LUP
- 2016-09-21 13:12:54
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- 2025-01-12 11:43:31
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