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We are pleased to present a recent article authored by MSc Kamil Kultys (PhD student) and Professor Irena Agnieszka Pidek (Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography, UMCS). The article was published in the journal Geological Quarterly and is one of the results of a research project funded by the National Science Centre:
Kamil Kultys, Dorota Brzozowicz, Danuta Drzymulska, Marcin Szymanek, Joanna Mirosława-Grabowska, Irena Agnieszka Pidek, Marcin Żarski, 2023. Does the multi-proxy Eemian record from the Słup site (central Poland) indicate a more humid climate at the beginning of the hornbeam phase?. Geological Quarterly, 2023, 67: 24. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1674
A fossil lake from the Last Interglacial discovered in the Słup site on the Garwolin Plain (central Poland) yields new data on climate and environmental changes between 127,000 and 115,000 years ago. The results of multidimensional analyses (including: lithological, palaeobotanical, stable isotope analysis, non-pollen palynomorphs, palaeozoological analyses - molluscs, cladocerans) indicate that the Eemian Interglacial record in the sediments of this water body was stopped several times. The sediment core was taken in the littoral zone of the lake, where such phases of sedimentary breaks are very well reflected.
In spite of the presence of sedimentary breaks, all results confirm the highest moisture content in the air and the highest water level in the palaeolake during the Eemian hazel phase, during which the area of contemporary Poland was dominated by thermophilous forest communities with trees now found in areas with a Mediterranean climate.
Link to article (Open access)
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