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
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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.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography |
UniBE Contributor: |
Sprafke, Tobias |
Subjects: |
900 History > 910 Geography & travel 500 Science 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology |
ISSN: |
0341-8162 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Tobias Norbert Sprafke |
Date Deposited: |
30 Jun 2023 07:35 |
Last Modified: |
16 Jul 2023 02:26 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.catena.2021.105377 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/184255 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/184255 |
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