Does the multi-proxy Eemian record from the Słup site (central Poland) indicate a more humid climate at the beginning of the hornbeam phase?

Authors

  • Kamil Kultys Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, al. Kraśnicka 2 d, 20-718 Lublin, Poland; and ECOTECH COMPLEX Analytical and Programme Centre for Advanced Environmentally- Friendly Technologies, Głęboka 39, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
  • Dorota Brzozowicz Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Łodź University, Narutowicza 88., 90-139 Łódź, Poland
  • Danuta Drzymulska Faculty of Biology, University in Bialystok, K. Ciłkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
  • Marcin Szymanek Faculty of Geology, Warsaw University, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland
  • Joanna Mirosław-Grabowska Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51-55 Warszawa, Poland
  • Irena Agnieszka Pidek Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, al. Kraśnicka 2 d, 20-718 Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-4897
  • Marcin Żarski Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa, Poland

Keywords:

Eemian Interglacial, MIS 5e, multi-proxy approach, Garwolin Plain, Central Poland

Abstract

 A new site of Eemian organogenic deposits in S3up (central Poland) has revealed an intermittent record of several phases within this interglacial. Pollen based studies of the core S3-19, drilled at the littoral zone of the palaeolake, indicated the absence of the E2, E3, E6 and an incomplete record of the E4 and E5 zones of the typical pollen succession. Results of other proxies (plant macrofossils, Cladocera, molluscs, NPPs, isotopes) supported the conclusions derived from the pollen diagram regarding the high humidity and lake water level during the E4 (Corylus-Quercus-Tilia) phase and at the beginning of the E5 (Carpinus-Corylus-Alnus) phase, when the fossil lake was most extensive. Thus, the lack of a record of the E3 and E4 RPAZs was associated with water level lowering and a less humid climate. The results stand in agreement with several other Eemian records from central Poland.

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2023-11-27

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Vol. 67 No. 3 (2023)

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