ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The palynological record of the Eemian
interglacial and Early Vistulian glaciation
in deposits of the Żabieniec Południowy
fossil basin (Łódź Plateau, central Poland),
and its palaeogeographic significance
1 | Institute of Geology, Warsaw University, Al. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland |
Online publication date: 2014-12-20
Publication date: 2014-12-20
Acta Palaeobotanica 2014; 54(2): 279–302
KEYWORDS
pollen analysisfossil reservoirEemian interglacialEarly VistulianPlenivistulianmorphogenesispostglacialperiodCentral Poland
ABSTRACT
The vegetation of the Eemian interglacial and Early Vistulian glaciation was reconstructed on the
basis of pollen analysis, biogenic and mineral-biogenic sediments from the Żabieniec Południowy locality. It was
revealed that the present-day fossil reservoir was formerly a lake existing continuously from the decline of the
Warta stadial (LG MPG) to the end of the Early Vistulian (EV4). The upper Plenivistulian age of top sediments,
previously accepted on the basis of the radiocarbon date 24 200 ± 350 yrs BP (uncalibrated), was not confirmed
by pollen analysis. In the pollen record from the nearby Żabieniec mire a break in biogenic accumulation corresponding
to the Lower and Middle Plenivistulian was discovered. In view of the character of Plenivistulian
morphogenesis in that area it appears that the deposits of both basins illustrate the development of one large
melt-out depression during the whole postglacial period.
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