Pollen analysis of a peaty mud sample
from the Dunajec River alluvial fan
(Sandomierz Basin, Poland) in the context
of its morphological position, radiocarbon dating,
and comparison with neighbouring sites
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W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland
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University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Department of Geography,
Sucharskiego 2, 35-225 Rzeszów, Poland
Online publication date: 2015-06-23
Publication date: 2015-06-23
Acta Palaeobotanica 2015; 55(1): 93-96
ABSTRACT
The paper presents the results of pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating of a peaty mud sample
from a gravel-sand outlier of the Vistulian alluvial fan of the Dunajec River. The study showed the occurrence of
open birch-pine forests with sporadic larch and stone pine at the time of mud deposition. The vegetation, of park
tundra type, was characterised by the development of shrubby and sedge-grass communities. The radiocarbon
dating of 39 100 ± 3000 BP indicates that deposition occurred in the Middle Plenivistulian (Hengelo interstadial
or older, colder climatic stadial). A comparison of the palynological analysis and radiocarbon dating with data
from other sites suggests that both the alluvia of the north-western part of the Dunajec River fan and the alluvia
of its southern part were formed during the Middle Plenivistulian.
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