<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The article studies an average-size parabolic dune located in the northern part of the Chodel Basin, Lublin Upland, Poland within the extensive dune field which covers the contact area of the loess patch slope and the high sandy terrace. Its complex structure and the presence of terrace sand and loess in the floor inspired the authors to conduct detailed lithological studies, as well as TL and 14C dating. As a result, it was possible to determine the mechanism and age of aeolian accumulation cycles in the dune, which contains very good representative evidence of aeolian events in the Lublin Upland.</abstract>

The article studies an average-size parabolic dune located in the northern part of the Chodel Basin, Lublin Upland, Poland within the extensive dune field which covers the contact area of the loess patch slope and the high sandy terrace. Its complex structure and the presence of terrace sand and loess in the floor inspired the authors to conduct detailed lithological studies, as well as TL and 14C dating. As a result, it was possible to determine the mechanism and age of aeolian accumulation cycles in the dune, which contains very good representative evidence of aeolian events in the Lublin Upland.

Chronology of Aeolian Events Recorded in the Karczmiska Dune (Lublin Upland) in the Light of Lithofacial Analysis, 14C and TL Dating

Department of Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology, University of Gdańsk, Dmowskiego 16a, 80-950 Gdańsk, Poland

Department of Physical Geography and Paleogeography, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Kraśnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

Geochronometria

Chronology of Aeolian Events Recorded in the Karczmiska Dune (Lublin Upland) in the Light of Lithofacial Analysis, C and TL Dating

The article studies an average-size parabolic dune located in the northern part of the Chodel Basin, Lublin Upland, Poland within the extensive dune field...

Chronology of Aeolian Events Recorded in the Karczmiska Dune (Lublin Upland) in the Light of Lithofacial Analysis, ¹⁴C and TL Dating

Publié en ligne: 16 nov. 2009

Pages: 9 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-009-0010-8

Mots clés
TL, C14, aeolian deposition, dunes, Late Vistulian

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