Acta 02-Ania

Acta. Palaeobot, 2010

The aim of this paper was to present changes in vegetation and climate which occurred during the late Sanian 2 (Elsterian) glaciation, the Mazovian (Holsteinian) interglacial and the early Liviecian (Saalian) glaciation. The reconstruction was based on results of palynological studies of the palaeolake sediments of the Nowiny Żukowskie site. The analysis covered two profi les: NŻ 05 (drilled in 2005) and NŻ 50-4 (drilled in 1950 from borehole 4 and examined repeatedly). The analysis revealed that the late Sanian 2 glaciation was marked by the presence of steppe-tundra that was in the Mazovian (Holsteinian) interglacial replaced by boreal birch forests, riparian forests dominated by Fraxinus, spruce forests with a zone of yew (43%), an intra-interglacial oscillation with pine and birch, an alternating dominance of Abies and Carpinus, and fi nally by boreal pine forests with larch and juniper. The early Liviecian (Saalian) glaciation was characterized by the development of shrub tundra with Betula nana and steppe-like communities. The abundance of taxa identifi ed in both examined profi les allowed not only for a detailed description of changes in vegetation in the Nowiny Żukowskie area, but also for an accurate reconstruction of changes in climate conditions characterizing this part of Pleistocene, and a reinterpretation of its palynostratigraphy when compared with results obtained by . Pollen succession recorded at Nowiny Żukowskie was compared with several other sites representing the Mazovian (Holsteinian) interglacial in Poland. Differences observed between them indicate that the large variability of fl ora resulted from changes in climate affecting this area, passing from continental into an oceanic one.

Geological Quarterly, 2013

The paper presents the results of pollen and geological analyses from two interglacial lake at Wilczyn and Lipnica. Geological studies in the Podlasie region have shown that a genesis of some fossil lakes can partly be related to the neotectonic structures (Wilczyn). The genesis and the existence of the other ones was dependent mainly on a course of climate conditions (Lipnica). In the pollen diagrams local pollen zones typical for Mazovian Interglacial have been distinguished. The course of the interglacial plant succession with Holsteinian sea-level change has been compared. The change of water level and trophic conditions were discussed .

In 1999 in Krasne a core from peat sediments was collected to a depth of 6.45 m, using an Eijkelkamp peat sampler. The peat bog in Krasne is situated in Rzeszów foothills (south-eastern Poland), 3 km east of Rzeszów. For palynological analysis 44 samples were selected, additionally, 3 samples were dated by the radiocarbon method. The pollen diagram based on the results obtained has been subdivided into 7 local pollen assemblage zones (L PAZ). Results of the palynological analysis were used for the vegetation history reconstruction from the Younger Dryas through the Holocene, up to the Subatlantic. A clear overrepresentation of Pinus, present throughout the whole pollen succession, was a complicating factor during interpretation of the results. The fi rst detectable human infl uence was observed in the early Atlantic and its intensity varied through the upper part of the pollen diagram. It is diffi cult to distinguish particular phases of settlement as the upper part of the core was strongly compressed.

Quaternary International, 2018

Acta Palaeobot, 2010

Vegetation changes in the Lower San Valley close to the Wisłok and San river confl uence has been reconstructed from at least 12 700 cal. yr BP to the present on the basis of a palynological analysis of the Grodzisko Nowe profi le supplemented with radiocarbon dating. During the Younger Dryas chronozone vegetation was characterized by high tree cover, which signifi cantly exceeded the area of forest nowadays. Radiocarbon datings (AMS technique) confi rmed the palynologically established Late Glacial/Holocene boundary, which is demonstrated by a decrease in Artemisia, Larix, and Juniperus curves with a decline in NAP. A rapid expansion of Pinus probably related to edaphic conditions caused the disappearance of Betula from most habitats at the beginning of the Preboreal chronozone (before 11 387-11 126 cal. yr BP). However, the latter taxon dominates in the Holocene part of the profi le. In the pollen assemblages the probable infl uence of the Mesolithic groups (Janisławicka Culture) and the Tarnobrzeska Group of the Lusitanian Culture on the local vegetation has been recorded by visible rises in NAP. Sediments which represent the activity period of the Przeworska Culture, underlie modern sediments which makes interpretation diffi cult. The pollen profi le from Grodzisko Nowe, like most of the profi les from the Sandomierz Basin, presents discontinuous sediment sequences, which is refl ected in a lack of records from the late Boreal/early Atlantic chronozone up to the late Subboreal/early Subatlantic chronozones, and the older part of the Subatlantic chronozone.

Acta Palaeobotanica 2013 53(1): 23-52.

The development of vegetation in the Skaliska Basin has been reconstructed on the basis of palynological analysis and radiocarbon dating (AMS technique) of 6 sites from the late phase of the Bølling-Allerød interstadial complex to modern times. Although the area covers 90 km 2 , the mosaic character of habitats led to the development of different patterns of vegetation changes during the Late Glacial and Holocene. Only one site located in the eastern part of the Skaliska Basin refl ected the 'pine phase' of Allerød, and this is the oldest data on vegetation in the Skaliska Basin. Interesting discrepancies were recorded during the Younger Dryas when patches of shrublands with Juniperus were distinct around some of the sites, while steppe with Artemisia was common in others. The beginning of the Holocene brought an expansion of birch-pine forest, but around 9600 cal. BC a cold oscillation took place which was refl ected in an increase in birch in the woodlands in the western and eastern part of the Skaliska Basin. In the Preboreal chronozone elm (Ulmus) also expanded in the area but its appearance was non-synchronous. The vegetation of the Boreal chronozone was similar in the whole area and the most characteristic feature was the rapid expansion of hazel (Corylus avellana) which displaced Betula from the most of its sites. At that time a distinct redeposition of pollen material in the Parchatka river valley was detected which was probably the effect of an increase in fl uvial activity of the river (humid oscillation). The following stage of vegetation development was climax woodlands with Tilia cordata, Ulmus, Quercus, Corylus avellana, and Alnus in damp places. At the beginning of the Subboreal chronozone the expansion of Quercus took place, which was subsequently replaced by Picea abies and partly Carpinus betulus. The pattern of Picea abies expansion distinctly presents two maxima which is characteristic of many sites in the north-eastern Poland. The Subatlantic chronozone is represented only by the profi le from the Skaliski Forest, where, because of sandy ground, Pinus sylvestris was the dominant element. Human impact was poorly refl ected through the rare occurrence of pollen grains of Cerealia type in the pollen profi les spanning the time from the Subboreal chronozone to modern times. In most profi les AMS dating produced age discrepancies, which limited the possibility of establishment of a detailed chronology. However, dates obtained from the material contaminated by mixture of glycerine, thymol and ethyl alcohol, pretreated by alcohol, showed reliable results in most cases.

Acta Palaeobotanica, 2013

Late Glacial (since Oldest Dryas) and Holocene (to Subatlantic) changes of vegetation at the Węgliny site (south-west Poland) are reconstructed based mainly on pollen analysis of five cores from the palaeobasin (anaerobic sediments). The chronology of the described events is based on palynological comparison with the Lubsza Plain environs, based on LPAZs from several published pollen diagrams on 14 C data, and multiple cryptotephra levels determined in the Węgliny profiles. The Węgliny record integrates well into the north European Holocene and Late Glacial biostratigraphic framework. The Węgliny site is the next (fourth) locality in Poland where the Laacher See Tephra (LST) horizon within the Allerød chronozone was identified. Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/17/16 5:39 PM

Geologos, 2009

Pollen, phytoplankton and microfauna from the Palaeogene and Neogene of two boreholes in NE Poland have been studied. Borehole Klucznik 1 is located in the Warmia area, and borehole Sąpłaty 3 borehole in the Mazury area. The oldest palynomorph assemblage comes from the Klucznik sediments; it consists of phytoplankton from the Early Palaeocene (Danian) D1 and D2 dinocyst zone, and from the Selandian D3 zone. The Eocene is present in the both the Klucznik and the Sąpłaty successions. The Middle Eocene assemblage has been dated as late Bartonian and belongs to the D11 dinocyst zone. The Late Eocene (Priabonian) D12 dinocyst zone is also present in both boreholes. Sporomorphs of a Late Eocene palynomorph assemblage point on the proximity of land and on terrestrial vegetation. The dinocyst zone D13, characteristic for the earliest Oligocene ('Latdorfian') has been found in both profiles as well. A Neogene sporomorph assemblage dating from the Middle Miocene (Early Serravallian) occurs only in the Sąpłaty profile. This sporomorph assemblage is correlated with pollen zone VIII. Pollen zone IX is present in the uppermost part of the Middle Miocene (Middle Serravallian). Late Miocene deposits (Late Tortonian) with pollen zone XI are present, too. The Miocene deposits accumulated in densely vegetated swamps, resulting now in the occurrence of lignite. The sedimentary conditions in the Warmia and Mazury regions were identical during the Neogene and Palaeogene, implying that both provinces belonged at the time to one sedimentary basin.

, K. 2024. The maximum extent of the Odranian Glaciation (Saalian, MIS 6) in the South Podlasie Lowland (SE Poland) in the light of sites with lacustrine deposits of the Mazovian Interglacial. Acta Geologica Polonica, 74 (2), e14. Based on the analysis of the geological context and palynological studies performed on lake and bog sediments in the Southern Podlasie Lowland, a new concept of the maximum extent of the Odranian Glaciation (Saalian, MIS 6) is presented for the study area. It is depicted by the Siedlce−Łosice−Kornica zone of end moraines, which so far was considered as stadial-rank or as the Wartanian ice sheet limit. To the south of this zone, near Biała Podlaska and in the Łuków Plain, there occur numerous sites with fossil deposits of the Mazovian Interglacial (MIS 11c). Sites with new documentation, i.e., Wólka Domaszewska, Kolonia Bystrzycka, Przytulin, Hermanów, and Skrzynka are located about 30 km to the south and 60 km to the west of the Biała Podlaska area. Palynological analysis unequivocally indicates the presence of a vegetation succession characteristic of the Mazovian Interglacial. In all sites, deposits of the Mazovian Interglacial are covered by lacustrine sediments of the Liviecian Glaciation (Fuhne, MIS 11b-MIS 10) or mineral sediments of the Vistulian Glaciation (Weichselian, MIS 2) and the Holocene. The sediments infill paleolakes carved in glacial tills of the Sanian 2 Glaciation (MIS 12). The lake sediments of the Mazovian Interglacial and the overlying biogenic and mineral deposits occur in the analysed sites directly below the surface. They are never covered by glacial deposits, which suggests that the Odranian ice sheet did not cover the study area. The location of the lake and bog sites with their geological analysis allow for the precise depiction of the eastern limit of the Odranian ice sheet lobe, which in the study area correlates with the limit suggested in the late 19 th century. The Odranian ice sheet did not cover Southern Podlasie.

Acta …, 2010

Pollen-bearing lacustrine sediments developed as plastic clays, and silty to sandy clays with sand intercalations, over 5.75 m thick (bottom not exposed) occur in the lower part of the Middle Pleistocene section at Huba, the Orawa-Nowy Targ Intramontane Basin, West Carpathians (southern Poland). Their pollen diagram indicates middle to late climatic phases of the Mazovian (Holsteinian, Mindel/Riss) Interglacial. The lacustrine sediments are overlain by a fl uvioglacial/fl uvial gravel cover (5-8 m thick) which is correlated with the Riss Glaciation of the Tatra Mountains and, probably, with the beginning of the Riss/Würm Interglacial. The pollenbearing sediments at Huba are the fi rst and the only site of the Mindel/Riss Interglacial fossiliferous deposits discovered so far in the West Carpathians. They were slightly tectonically tilted during Late Pleistocene.