Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils

Thin loess deposits are widespread soil parent materials and important archives for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The origin of loess in SW Poland is attributed to the Great Odra Valley (GOV), following the general concept that large rivers play a major role in regional silt supply. Yet, the pr...

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Main Authors: Waroszewski, Jaroslaw, Pietranik, Anna, Sprafke, Tobias, Kabała, Cezary, Frechen, Manfred, Jary, Zdzisław, Kot, Aleksandra, Tsukamoto, Sumiko, Meyer-Heintze, Simon, Krawczyk, Marcin, Łabaz, Beata, Schultz, Bernhard, Erban Kochergina, Yulia V.
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Published: Elsevier 2021
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spelling ftbernerfhs:oai:arbor.bfh.ch:21445 2024-04-14T08:11:29+00:00 Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils Waroszewski, Jaroslaw Pietranik, Anna Sprafke, Tobias Kabała, Cezary Frechen, Manfred Jary, Zdzisław Kot, Aleksandra Tsukamoto, Sumiko Meyer-Heintze, Simon Krawczyk, Marcin Łabaz, Beata Schultz, Bernhard Erban Kochergina, Yulia V. 2021 application/pdf https://arbor.bfh.ch/21445/1/Waroszewski%2Bal_2021_Catena_Provenance%20Late%20Pleistocene%20thin%20aeolian%20mantles%20SW%20Poland.pdf https://arbor.bfh.ch/21445/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816221002368 eng eng Elsevier https://arbor.bfh.ch/21445/ Waroszewski, Jaroslaw; Pietranik, Anna; Sprafke, Tobias; Kabała, Cezary; Frechen, Manfred; Jary, Zdzisław; Kot, Aleksandra; Tsukamoto, Sumiko; Meyer-Heintze, Simon; Krawczyk, Marcin; Łabaz, Beata; Schultz, Bernhard; Erban Kochergina, Yulia V. (2021). Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils CATENA, 204, p. 105377. Elsevier 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105377 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105377> info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Waroszewski, Jaroslaw; Pietranik, Anna; Sprafke, Tobias; Kabała, Cezary; Frechen, Manfred; Jary, Zdzisław; Kot, Aleksandra; Tsukamoto, Sumiko; Meyer-Heintze, Simon; Krawczyk, Marcin; Łabaz, Beata; Schultz, Bernhard; Erban Kochergina, Yulia V. (2021). Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils CATENA, 204, p. 105377. Elsevier 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105377 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105377> GB Physical geography GE Environmental Sciences QE Geology S Agriculture (General) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed 2021 ftbernerfhs https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105377 2024-03-21T16:56:30Z Thin loess deposits are widespread soil parent materials and important archives for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The origin of loess in SW Poland is attributed to the Great Odra Valley (GOV), following the general concept that large rivers play a major role in regional silt supply. Yet, the precise provenance (glacier sources and/or local rocks) of silts, possibly deflated from dry GOV braided riverbeds, is not clear. Our study of thin and thick loess mantles in SW Poland for the first time indicates the provenance of thin loess based on mineralogical (MLA-SEM) and isotopic analyses (143Nd/144Nd, 87Sr/86Sr). Luminescence ages of five localities point to thin loess mantle formation during and shortly (23.0 to 17.7 ka yr) after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Our isotopic data indicate that thin loess deposits in SW Poland are the mixtures of two main components - local Sudetic and Scandinavian, the latter delivered by the Fennoscandian ice sheet (FIS). Also, detailed analyses of heavy minerals show that a single mineral (e.g., hornblende) may come from both Sudetic and Scandinavian sources. This research highlights the role of the (Pleistocene) GOV in collecting and homogenizing materials, while supplying the region with fine particles to be deflated by paleowinds from open surfaces. Anomalies in mineralogy and isotopic composition are connected with influence of Sudetic mountain rivers and locally blowing silt material by katabatic winds. Regional grain size differentiation of thin loess mantles explains transport distance and altitude. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Bern University of Applied Sciences: ARBOR CATENA 204 105377
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GE Environmental Sciences
QE Geology
S Agriculture (General)
spellingShingle GB Physical geography
GE Environmental Sciences
QE Geology
S Agriculture (General)
Waroszewski, Jaroslaw
Pietranik, Anna
Sprafke, Tobias
Kabała, Cezary
Frechen, Manfred
Jary, Zdzisław
Kot, Aleksandra
Tsukamoto, Sumiko
Meyer-Heintze, Simon
Krawczyk, Marcin
Łabaz, Beata
Schultz, Bernhard
Erban Kochergina, Yulia V.
Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils
topic_facet GB Physical geography
GE Environmental Sciences
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S Agriculture (General)
description Thin loess deposits are widespread soil parent materials and important archives for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The origin of loess in SW Poland is attributed to the Great Odra Valley (GOV), following the general concept that large rivers play a major role in regional silt supply. Yet, the precise provenance (glacier sources and/or local rocks) of silts, possibly deflated from dry GOV braided riverbeds, is not clear. Our study of thin and thick loess mantles in SW Poland for the first time indicates the provenance of thin loess based on mineralogical (MLA-SEM) and isotopic analyses (143Nd/144Nd, 87Sr/86Sr). Luminescence ages of five localities point to thin loess mantle formation during and shortly (23.0 to 17.7 ka yr) after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Our isotopic data indicate that thin loess deposits in SW Poland are the mixtures of two main components - local Sudetic and Scandinavian, the latter delivered by the Fennoscandian ice sheet (FIS). Also, detailed analyses of heavy minerals show that a single mineral (e.g., hornblende) may come from both Sudetic and Scandinavian sources. This research highlights the role of the (Pleistocene) GOV in collecting and homogenizing materials, while supplying the region with fine particles to be deflated by paleowinds from open surfaces. Anomalies in mineralogy and isotopic composition are connected with influence of Sudetic mountain rivers and locally blowing silt material by katabatic winds. Regional grain size differentiation of thin loess mantles explains transport distance and altitude.
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author Waroszewski, Jaroslaw
Pietranik, Anna
Sprafke, Tobias
Kabała, Cezary
Frechen, Manfred
Jary, Zdzisław
Kot, Aleksandra
Tsukamoto, Sumiko
Meyer-Heintze, Simon
Krawczyk, Marcin
Łabaz, Beata
Schultz, Bernhard
Erban Kochergina, Yulia V.
author_facet Waroszewski, Jaroslaw
Pietranik, Anna
Sprafke, Tobias
Kabała, Cezary
Frechen, Manfred
Jary, Zdzisław
Kot, Aleksandra
Tsukamoto, Sumiko
Meyer-Heintze, Simon
Krawczyk, Marcin
Łabaz, Beata
Schultz, Bernhard
Erban Kochergina, Yulia V.
author_sort Waroszewski, Jaroslaw
title Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils
title_short Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils
title_full Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils
title_fullStr Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils
title_full_unstemmed Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland: A widespread parent material for soils
title_sort provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the late pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern poland: a widespread parent material for soils
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