A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like
In June 2007, in a valley side of a small stream close to Janowice in the Western Outer Carpathians of Poland, a 1.8 m long mammoth tusk was found within loamy-debris solifluction sediments, ca. 1 m thick. These discordantly overlie a 4-m-high strath built up of steeply dipping sandstones of the Kro...
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ftjgq:oai:geojournals.pgi.gov.pl:article/12503 2023-05-15T18:40:26+02:00 A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like Cieszkowski, Marek Zuchiewicz, Witold Alexandrowicz, Witold Paweł Wojtal, Piotr 2014-01-18 application/pdf https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12503 eng eng Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12503/10976 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae; Vol 80, No 1 (2010); 89-99 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2014 ftjgq 2019-08-13T17:55:30Z In June 2007, in a valley side of a small stream close to Janowice in the Western Outer Carpathians of Poland, a 1.8 m long mammoth tusk was found within loamy-debris solifluction sediments, ca. 1 m thick. These discordantly overlie a 4-m-high strath built up of steeply dipping sandstones of the Krosno beds of the Skole Nappe, being in turn covered by 7.5-m-thick loessial silts and loess-like slopewash sediments. The latter are overlain at the top by another solifluction cover, ca. 1.5 m thick. The mammoth tusk belonged to an adult animal, probably 30-60 years old. The succession of malacofaunistic assemblages within loess-like sediments indicates a cold, polar climate, and an environment resembling tundra developed upon moderately moist substratum during the last glacial stage. The lower part of malacological sequence enriched in mesophile species probably refers to the Vistulian (Weichselian) interpleniglacial period. The middle part, indicative of more dry habitats, can be associated with the younger Pleniglacial, whereas the top part should represent the terminal phase of the latter. Sediments bearing the mammoth tusk were probably deposited at the turn of the Vistulian older Pleniglacial and Interpleniglacial time. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Geological Quarterly |
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In June 2007, in a valley side of a small stream close to Janowice in the Western Outer Carpathians of Poland, a 1.8 m long mammoth tusk was found within loamy-debris solifluction sediments, ca. 1 m thick. These discordantly overlie a 4-m-high strath built up of steeply dipping sandstones of the Krosno beds of the Skole Nappe, being in turn covered by 7.5-m-thick loessial silts and loess-like slopewash sediments. The latter are overlain at the top by another solifluction cover, ca. 1.5 m thick. The mammoth tusk belonged to an adult animal, probably 30-60 years old. The succession of malacofaunistic assemblages within loess-like sediments indicates a cold, polar climate, and an environment resembling tundra developed upon moderately moist substratum during the last glacial stage. The lower part of malacological sequence enriched in mesophile species probably refers to the Vistulian (Weichselian) interpleniglacial period. The middle part, indicative of more dry habitats, can be associated with the younger Pleniglacial, whereas the top part should represent the terminal phase of the latter. Sediments bearing the mammoth tusk were probably deposited at the turn of the Vistulian older Pleniglacial and Interpleniglacial time. |
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Cieszkowski, Marek Zuchiewicz, Witold Alexandrowicz, Witold Paweł Wojtal, Piotr A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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Cieszkowski, Marek Zuchiewicz, Witold Alexandrowicz, Witold Paweł Wojtal, Piotr |
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A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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A new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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new find of mammoth tusk in loess-like |
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Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae |
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2014 |
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Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae; Vol 80, No 1 (2010); 89-99 |
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https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12503/10976 |
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