• dr hab. Małgorzata Nita
Position: Prof.Uczelni
Unit: Instytut Nauk o Ziemi
Adress: 41-200 Sosnowiec, ul. Będzińska 60
Floor: X
Room: 1019
Phone: (32) 3689 406
E-mail: malgorzata.nita@us.edu.pl
Publications list: Publications by CINiBA
Publications list: Publications by OPUS
Scopus Author ID: 7003474715
Publications from the Scopus database
2023
Pearce, E. A.; Mazier, F.; Normand, S.; Fyfe, R. M.; Andrieu, V.; Bakels, C. C.; Balwierz, Z.; Bińka, K.; Boreham, S.; Borisova, O. K.; Broström, A.; de Beaulieu, J. L.; Gao, C.; González-Sampériz, P.; Granoszewski, W.; Hrynowiecka, A.; Kołaczek, P.; Kuneš, P.; Magri, D.; Malkiewicz, M.; Mighall, T. M.; Milner, A. M.; Saati-Santamaría, Z.; Nita, M.; Noryśkiewicz, B.; Pidek, I. A.; Reille, M.; Robertsson, A. M.; Salonen, J. S.; Schläfli, P.; Schokker, J.; Scussolini, P.; Šeirienė, V.; Strahl, J.; Urban, B.; Winter, H.; Svenning, J. C.
Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens Journal Article
In: Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 45, 2023, ISSN: 23752548, (1).
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title = {Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens},
author = { E.A. Pearce and F. Mazier and S. Normand and R.M. Fyfe and V. Andrieu and C.C. Bakels and Z. Balwierz and K. Bińka and S. Boreham and O.K. Borisova and A. Broström and J.L. de Beaulieu and C. Gao and P. González-Sampériz and W. Granoszewski and A. Hrynowiecka and P. Kołaczek and P. Kuneš and D. Magri and M. Malkiewicz and T.M. Mighall and A.M. Milner and Z. Saati-Santamaría and M. Nita and B. Noryśkiewicz and I.A. Pidek and M. Reille and A.M. Robertsson and J.S. Salonen and P. Schläfli and J. Schokker and P. Scussolini and V. Šeirienė and J. Strahl and B. Urban and H. Winter and J.C. Svenning},
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abstract = {The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed-canopy forest; however, some argue that large herbivores maintained greater openness or even wood-pasture conditions. Here, we address this question for the Last Interglacial period (129;000–116;000 years ago), before Homo sapiens–linked megafauna declines and anthropogenic landscape transformation. We applied the vegetation reconstruction method REVEALS to 96 Last Interglacial pollen records. We found that light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover during this period. The degree of openness was highly variable and only partially linked to climatic factors, indicating the importance of natural disturbance regimes. Our results show that the temperate forest biome was historically heterogeneous rather than uniformly dense, which is consistent with the dependency of much of contemporary European biodiversity on open vegetation and light woodland. © 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.},
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The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed-canopy forest; however, some argue that large herbivores maintained greater openness or even wood-pasture conditions. Here, we address this question for the Last Interglacial period (129;000–116;000 years ago), before Homo sapiens–linked megafauna declines and anthropogenic landscape transformation. We applied the vegetation reconstruction method REVEALS to 96 Last Interglacial pollen records. We found that light woodland and open vegetation represented, on average, more than 50% cover during this period. The degree of openness was highly variable and only partially linked to climatic factors, indicating the importance of natural disturbance regimes. Our results show that the temperate forest biome was historically heterogeneous rather than uniformly dense, which is consistent with the dependency of much of contemporary European biodiversity on open vegetation and light woodland. © 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.
Szymczyk, A.; Nita, M.
TRANSFORMATION OF TREELESS DEPRESSION WETLANDS IN CENTRAL EUROPE OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS: WŁOSZCZOWA BASIN (SOUTHERN POLAND) CASE STUDY Journal Article
In: Geographia Polonica, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 473-491, 2023, ISSN: 00167282.
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author = { A. Szymczyk and M. Nita},
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abstract = {Historical changes in land use and development over the last century were analysed to identify the main causes and directions of changes in depression wetland ecosystems in the Włoszczowa Basin, an area of 1600 km2 in southern Poland. The analysis of Military Cartographic Institute maps and orthophotomaps, as well as field surveys, made it possible to determine the scale of degradation of 247 treeless depression wetlands. It was shown that the nature and extent of transformation of individual wetlands varied depending on the type of wetland and the method of land use in adjacent areas. However, the main anthropogenic factor affecting these changes was land drainage, of which the greatest intensity in Central Europe was pursued during the socialist rule between 1945 and 1989. © 2023, Polska Akademia Nauk. All rights reserved.},
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Historical changes in land use and development over the last century were analysed to identify the main causes and directions of changes in depression wetland ecosystems in the Włoszczowa Basin, an area of 1600 km2 in southern Poland. The analysis of Military Cartographic Institute maps and orthophotomaps, as well as field surveys, made it possible to determine the scale of degradation of 247 treeless depression wetlands. It was shown that the nature and extent of transformation of individual wetlands varied depending on the type of wetland and the method of land use in adjacent areas. However, the main anthropogenic factor affecting these changes was land drainage, of which the greatest intensity in Central Europe was pursued during the socialist rule between 1945 and 1989. © 2023, Polska Akademia Nauk. All rights reserved.
2021
Szymczyk, A.; Nita, M.
In: Science of the Total Environment, vol. 788, 2021, ISSN: 00489697.
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title = {Holocene environmental changes in a prehistoric mining and metallurgical region in the light of paleobotanical studies of the bogs of the Brynica river drainage basin (southern Poland)},
author = { A. Szymczyk and M. Nita},
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abstract = {The analyses of human-environment interactions in prehistoric and medieval mining and metallurgical centres in Europe result in various assessments of the environmental impact of early metal ore mining and metallurgy. In some mining and metallurgical sites or areas, such as the prehistoric basin on the Greek island of Kythnos or the later Morvan and Mont Lozère areas in France as well as Tjursbosjön in Sweden, the impact was significant and lasting. In others, such as: Cors Fochno in Wales, the Falkenstein region in Austria, or the Northern Vosges Mountains in France, the environmental changes were limited and reversible. The results of palaeobotanical research (pollen analysis and analysis of plant macroremains) in peat cores from southern Poland enabled the Holocene vegetation transformations in one of the oldest mining regions in Central Europe to be reconstructed. They also provided new data, used to assess the impact of settlements as well as the development of metallurgy on the environment in the region and changes in bog ecosystems. The first changes in vegetation caused by human activity were observed at the boundary between the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. They are documented by pollen indicating shepherding activity and single grains of cereal pollen. The greatest intensity of change, reflected in sediment as a maximum concentration of charcoal, was recorded at the end of the Bronze Age and attributed to the Lusatian culture. The changes in the vegetation under the impact of human activity until the early Middle Ages were reversible and had a local scope. The intensification of slash-and-burn agriculture was indicated as the most probable and important cause. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.},
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The analyses of human-environment interactions in prehistoric and medieval mining and metallurgical centres in Europe result in various assessments of the environmental impact of early metal ore mining and metallurgy. In some mining and metallurgical sites or areas, such as the prehistoric basin on the Greek island of Kythnos or the later Morvan and Mont Lozère areas in France as well as Tjursbosjön in Sweden, the impact was significant and lasting. In others, such as: Cors Fochno in Wales, the Falkenstein region in Austria, or the Northern Vosges Mountains in France, the environmental changes were limited and reversible. The results of palaeobotanical research (pollen analysis and analysis of plant macroremains) in peat cores from southern Poland enabled the Holocene vegetation transformations in one of the oldest mining regions in Central Europe to be reconstructed. They also provided new data, used to assess the impact of settlements as well as the development of metallurgy on the environment in the region and changes in bog ecosystems. The first changes in vegetation caused by human activity were observed at the boundary between the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. They are documented by pollen indicating shepherding activity and single grains of cereal pollen. The greatest intensity of change, reflected in sediment as a maximum concentration of charcoal, was recorded at the end of the Bronze Age and attributed to the Lusatian culture. The changes in the vegetation under the impact of human activity until the early Middle Ages were reversible and had a local scope. The intensification of slash-and-burn agriculture was indicated as the most probable and important cause. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Krzyszkowski, D.; Wachecka-Kotkowska, L.; Nita, M.; Wieczorek, D.
In: Studia Quaternaria, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 53-66, 2021, ISSN: 16415558.
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title = {Middle pleistocene fluvial, lacustrine and glaciolacustrine sediments of the Czyżów and Kuców formations (Kuców 9, 10 and 16 sections), Bełchatów outcrop, central Poland – The problem of stratigraphical interpretation},
author = { D. Krzyszkowski and L. Wachecka-Kotkowska and M. Nita and D. Wieczorek},
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abstract = {The article presents results of research of three sections (Kuców 9; 10 and 16). Two of them record fluvial and lacustrine interglacial sediments and the third, cold-stage glaciolacustrine sediments. They were formed inside the Miocene– Pliocene syncline depressions in a central part of the southern horst within the Kleszczów Graben. Fluvial and lacustrine deposits of the Middle Pleistocene Interglacial (Mazovian or Ferdynandovian in the Czyżów Formation) are described from the Kuców 9 and 10 sections. Their sediments are located in marginal parts of a buried river valley and within an oxbow palaeolake, then covered by glaciofluvial deposits of the Ławki (Early Saalian) and Rogowiec (Late Saalian) Formations. The Kuców 16 section comprises ice-dam sandy lithofacies (Kuców Formation; Elsterian) of a marginal part in a proglacial lake. Two pollen diagrams of K65/15 and Kuców 9 sections represent the Mazovian (Holsteinian) succession, although in the Kuców 9 section some features are typical for the Ferdinandovian succession. © 2021, Scientific Publishers OWN. All rights reserved.},
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The article presents results of research of three sections (Kuców 9; 10 and 16). Two of them record fluvial and lacustrine interglacial sediments and the third, cold-stage glaciolacustrine sediments. They were formed inside the Miocene– Pliocene syncline depressions in a central part of the southern horst within the Kleszczów Graben. Fluvial and lacustrine deposits of the Middle Pleistocene Interglacial (Mazovian or Ferdynandovian in the Czyżów Formation) are described from the Kuców 9 and 10 sections. Their sediments are located in marginal parts of a buried river valley and within an oxbow palaeolake, then covered by glaciofluvial deposits of the Ławki (Early Saalian) and Rogowiec (Late Saalian) Formations. The Kuców 16 section comprises ice-dam sandy lithofacies (Kuców Formation; Elsterian) of a marginal part in a proglacial lake. Two pollen diagrams of K65/15 and Kuców 9 sections represent the Mazovian (Holsteinian) succession, although in the Kuców 9 section some features are typical for the Ferdinandovian succession. © 2021, Scientific Publishers OWN. All rights reserved.
2020
Felde, V. A.; Flantua, S. G. A.; Jenks, C. R.; Benito, B. M.; de Beaulieu, J. L.; Kuneš, P.; Magri, D.; Nalepka, D.; Risebrobakken, B.; ter Braak, C. J. F.; Allen, J. R. M.; Granoszewski, W.; Helmens, K. F.; Huntley, B.; Kondratienė, O.; Kalniņa, L.; Kupryjanowicz, M.; Malkiewicz, M.; Milner, A. M.; Nita, M.; Noryśkiewicz, B.; Pidek, I. A.; Reille, M.; Salonen, J. S.; Šeirienė, V.; Winter, H.; Tzedakis, P. C.; Birks, H. J. B.
Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe Journal Article
In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 101-109, 2020, ISSN: 09396314, (10).
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title = {Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe},
author = { V.A. Felde and S.G.A. Flantua and C.R. Jenks and B.M. Benito and J.L. de Beaulieu and P. Kuneš and D. Magri and D. Nalepka and B. Risebrobakken and C.J.F. ter Braak and J.R.M. Allen and W. Granoszewski and K.F. Helmens and B. Huntley and O. Kondratienė and L. Kalniņa and M. Kupryjanowicz and M. Malkiewicz and A.M. Milner and M. Nita and B. Noryśkiewicz and I.A. Pidek and M. Reille and J.S. Salonen and V. Šeirienė and H. Winter and P.C. Tzedakis and H.J.B. Birks},
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volume = {29},
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publisher = {Springer},
abstract = {The Eemian interglacial represents a natural experiment on how past vegetation with negligible human impact responded to amplified temperature changes compared to the Holocene. Here, we assemble 47 carefully selected Eemian pollen sequences from Europe to explore geographical patterns of (1) total compositional turnover and total variation for each sequence and (2) stratigraphical turnover between samples within each sequence using detrended canonical correspondence analysis, multivariate regression trees, and principal curves. Our synthesis shows that turnover and variation are highest in central Europe (47–55°N), low in southern Europe (south of 45°N), and lowest in the north (above 60°N). These results provide a basis for developing hypotheses about causes of vegetation change during the Eemian and their possible drivers. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.},
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The Eemian interglacial represents a natural experiment on how past vegetation with negligible human impact responded to amplified temperature changes compared to the Holocene. Here, we assemble 47 carefully selected Eemian pollen sequences from Europe to explore geographical patterns of (1) total compositional turnover and total variation for each sequence and (2) stratigraphical turnover between samples within each sequence using detrended canonical correspondence analysis, multivariate regression trees, and principal curves. Our synthesis shows that turnover and variation are highest in central Europe (47–55°N), low in southern Europe (south of 45°N), and lowest in the north (above 60°N). These results provide a basis for developing hypotheses about causes of vegetation change during the Eemian and their possible drivers. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Wójcicki, K. J.; Szymczyk, A.; Nita, M.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 537, 2020, ISSN: 00310182, (1).
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title = {Influence of late Holocene alluviation on the degradation of peat-forming wetlands as exemplified by the lower reach of the Osobłoga River valley, southern Poland},
author = { K.J. Wójcicki and A. Szymczyk and M. Nita},
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[No abstract available]
2018
Kupryjanowicz, M.; Nalepka, D.; Pidek, I. A.; Walanus, A.; Balwierz, Z.; Bińka, K.; Fiłoc, M.; Granoszewski, W.; Kołaczek, P.; Majecka, A.; Malkiewicz, M.; Nita, M.; Noryśkiewicz, B.; Winter, H.
The east-west migration of trees during the Eemian Interglacial registered on isopollen maps of Poland Journal Article
In: Quaternary International, vol. 467, pp. 178-191, 2018, ISSN: 10406182, (17).
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title = {The east-west migration of trees during the Eemian Interglacial registered on isopollen maps of Poland},
author = { M. Kupryjanowicz and D. Nalepka and I.A. Pidek and A. Walanus and Z. Balwierz and K. Bińka and M. Fiłoc and W. Granoszewski and P. Kołaczek and A. Majecka and M. Malkiewicz and M. Nita and B. Noryśkiewicz and H. Winter},
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journal = {Quaternary International},
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publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
abstract = {The directions of the post-Wartanian (post-Saalian) migration of some thermophilous trees and shrubs into the territory of Poland was reconstructed on the basis of isopollen maps, prepared for the Eemian Interglacial based on the palynological data from 187 Polish pollen profiles. Isopollen maps clearly demonstrated, that all thermophilous trees, which appeared in this area in the early Eemian (Quercus; Ulmus; Fraxinus), migrated from the east or north-east. Also Tilia and Alnus, which arrived in the area of Poland in the middle part of the Eemian Interglacial migrated from the east. Picea, which colonized the territory of Poland twice: first at the very early stage of the interglacial, and then in the younger Eemian, migrated from the east and north-east. Only Corylus, Carpinus betulus and Abies alba migrated from other directions (from the south; from the south-west and from the south-west; respectively). Domination of the western and south-western directions of migration routes clearly differentiates the Eemian Interglacial from the Holocene, during which the majority of trees and shrubs migrated into territory of Poland from the south, south-east, south-west and west, and only a few, such as Ulmus and Picea, also from the east and north-east. We assumed that the most probable reason of this difference was a presence of the Wartanian (Saalian) refugia of many trees, including thermophilous taxa, in the Eastern Europe (west Russia or Black See region). From those regions, together with the decay of the ice sheet, these trees migrated directly into Central Europe along the northern slopes of the Carpathians, or at first migrated to the north via regions which were beyond the maximum range of the Saalian, and from there to the west after the ice sheet melted in this part of Europe. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA},
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The directions of the post-Wartanian (post-Saalian) migration of some thermophilous trees and shrubs into the territory of Poland was reconstructed on the basis of isopollen maps, prepared for the Eemian Interglacial based on the palynological data from 187 Polish pollen profiles. Isopollen maps clearly demonstrated, that all thermophilous trees, which appeared in this area in the early Eemian (Quercus; Ulmus; Fraxinus), migrated from the east or north-east. Also Tilia and Alnus, which arrived in the area of Poland in the middle part of the Eemian Interglacial migrated from the east. Picea, which colonized the territory of Poland twice: first at the very early stage of the interglacial, and then in the younger Eemian, migrated from the east and north-east. Only Corylus, Carpinus betulus and Abies alba migrated from other directions (from the south; from the south-west and from the south-west; respectively). Domination of the western and south-western directions of migration routes clearly differentiates the Eemian Interglacial from the Holocene, during which the majority of trees and shrubs migrated into territory of Poland from the south, south-east, south-west and west, and only a few, such as Ulmus and Picea, also from the east and north-east. We assumed that the most probable reason of this difference was a presence of the Wartanian (Saalian) refugia of many trees, including thermophilous taxa, in the Eastern Europe (west Russia or Black See region). From those regions, together with the decay of the ice sheet, these trees migrated directly into Central Europe along the northern slopes of the Carpathians, or at first migrated to the north via regions which were beyond the maximum range of the Saalian, and from there to the west after the ice sheet melted in this part of Europe. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA
2017
Wójcicki, K. J.; Nita, M.
In: Geochronometria, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 162-174, 2017, ISSN: 17338387, (3).
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title = {Mid-Holocene horizons of strongly decomposed peat and problems of dating paleohydrological changes in mires in the Racibórz basin, Southern Poland},
author = { K.J. Wójcicki and M. Nita},
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abstract = {During litho-stratigraphic studies of deposits in small mires in the upper basin of the Oder River, mid-Holocene hiatuses identified by the presence of horizons of strongly decomposed peat (HSDP), were identified at four sites. Radiocarbon dating results indicate long (103 years) breaks in peat accumulation and the dates obtained from the underlying layers of deposit are inconsistent with the pollen record. In order to explain these discrepancies, an attempt was made to recreate the conditions of HSDP formation under the influence of endo-and exogenous factors determining peatland productivity. In the light of macrofossil analysis, the development of HSDP during the Atlantic and Subboreal periods, when the humidity of habitats decreased, occurred at an advanced stage of development of swamps with Alnetea glutinosae forest communities. The gradual rise in water levels in the mires that started in the Subboreal period and intensified during the Subatlantic period was recorded as a slow shift in vegetation towards non-forest, sedge-moss communities belonging to the Magnocaricion alliance or the Scheuchzerio-Caricetea nigrae class. One consequence of the mechanism of HSDP formation is the existence of limitations on the dating of the duration of the dry phase owing to the presence of organic matter of different ages in the degraded peat layer. The determination of the age of wet phases offers better prospects. In the light of radiocarbon dating, which is essentially in line with the pollen analysis results, the transition towards positive peatland productivity occurred between ca. 9th century BC and 7th century CE. © 2016 K.J. Wójcicki and M. Nita.},
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During litho-stratigraphic studies of deposits in small mires in the upper basin of the Oder River, mid-Holocene hiatuses identified by the presence of horizons of strongly decomposed peat (HSDP), were identified at four sites. Radiocarbon dating results indicate long (103 years) breaks in peat accumulation and the dates obtained from the underlying layers of deposit are inconsistent with the pollen record. In order to explain these discrepancies, an attempt was made to recreate the conditions of HSDP formation under the influence of endo-and exogenous factors determining peatland productivity. In the light of macrofossil analysis, the development of HSDP during the Atlantic and Subboreal periods, when the humidity of habitats decreased, occurred at an advanced stage of development of swamps with Alnetea glutinosae forest communities. The gradual rise in water levels in the mires that started in the Subboreal period and intensified during the Subatlantic period was recorded as a slow shift in vegetation towards non-forest, sedge-moss communities belonging to the Magnocaricion alliance or the Scheuchzerio-Caricetea nigrae class. One consequence of the mechanism of HSDP formation is the existence of limitations on the dating of the duration of the dry phase owing to the presence of organic matter of different ages in the degraded peat layer. The determination of the age of wet phases offers better prospects. In the light of radiocarbon dating, which is essentially in line with the pollen analysis results, the transition towards positive peatland productivity occurred between ca. 9th century BC and 7th century CE. © 2016 K.J. Wójcicki and M. Nita.
2016
Pala, P.; Skreczko, S.; Szymczyk, A.; Nita, M.
In: Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 39-56, 2016, ISSN: 1640629X.
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title = {Habitat conditions and plants of the peatland "rotuz" (Upper Vistula Basin) [Warunki siedliskowe i roślinność torfowiska "rotuz" (Dolina Górnej Wisły)]},
author = { P. Pala and S. Skreczko and A. Szymczyk and M. Nita},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994666171&partnerID=40&md5=803e2f960bf127325d3c1c622a0a50d2},
issn = {1640629X},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-01-01},
journal = {Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Polonica},
volume = {23},
number = {1},
pages = {39-56},
publisher = {W. Szafer Institute of Botany},
abstract = {The study presents results of phytosociological and physicochemical investigation on habitat reserve "Rotuz", southern Poland. This paper is also focused on palaeobotanical analysis of peatbog from the study area. The field work was carried out in 2011-2012 revealed five different plant communities, which are part of two phytosociological classes. The Rhynchosporetum albae community represents the largest one. Moreover, during the field work, eight protected plant species were found. The analyses of selected physico-chemical parameters of the habitats indicate their dystrophic or oligotrophic character. The peatbog "Rotuz" is also a valuable source for palaeobotanical studies. Pollen as well as plant macroremains analyses allow to reconstruct vegetation changes in the environs of the peatbog in the Late Holocene. Three local pollen zones and four local macrofossil zones were correlated with the Subatlantic chronozone. The results of this sediment studies reveal the lack of lymnic stages in development of the peatbog. It has been also concluded that at least four stages of the peatbog evolution that occurred in the Late Holocene reflect changes in the share of trees in phytocoenoses (Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Betula alba).},
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The study presents results of phytosociological and physicochemical investigation on habitat reserve "Rotuz", southern Poland. This paper is also focused on palaeobotanical analysis of peatbog from the study area. The field work was carried out in 2011-2012 revealed five different plant communities, which are part of two phytosociological classes. The Rhynchosporetum albae community represents the largest one. Moreover, during the field work, eight protected plant species were found. The analyses of selected physico-chemical parameters of the habitats indicate their dystrophic or oligotrophic character. The peatbog "Rotuz" is also a valuable source for palaeobotanical studies. Pollen as well as plant macroremains analyses allow to reconstruct vegetation changes in the environs of the peatbog in the Late Holocene. Three local pollen zones and four local macrofossil zones were correlated with the Subatlantic chronozone. The results of this sediment studies reveal the lack of lymnic stages in development of the peatbog. It has been also concluded that at least four stages of the peatbog evolution that occurred in the Late Holocene reflect changes in the share of trees in phytocoenoses (Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Betula alba).
Kupryjanowicz, M.; Granoszewski, W.; Nalepka, D.; Pidek, I. A.; Walanus, A.; Balwierz, Z.; Fiłoc, M.; Kołaczek, P.; Majecka, A.; Malkiewicz, M.; Nita, M.; Noryśkiewicz, B.; Winter, H.
Instability of the environment at the end of the eemian interglacial as illustrated by the isopollen maps for Poland Journal Article
In: Geological Quarterly, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 225-237, 2016, ISSN: 16417291, (14).
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author = { M. Kupryjanowicz and W. Granoszewski and D. Nalepka and I.A. Pidek and A. Walanus and Z. Balwierz and M. Fiłoc and P. Kołaczek and A. Majecka and M. Malkiewicz and M. Nita and B. Noryśkiewicz and H. Winter},
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abstract = {Many terrestrial pollen profiles from Poland (and a few pollen records from other parts of Central Europe) show the end of the last interglacial(Eemian; MIS 5e) to have been characterized by climatic and environmental instability. This is expressed by a strong, rapid cooling in the middle part of the pine phase ending this interglacial (E7 regional pollen assemblage zone), and then a re-warming at the very end of this phase, immediately before the transition to the glacial conditions of the last glaci-ation (Vistulian; Weichselian; MIS 5d). We have characterized the regional distribution of these climatic fluctuations in Poland on the basis of isopollenmaps prepared for the EemianInterglacial based on palynologicaldata from 31 Polish pollen profiles. These maps show unequivocally that the intra-interglacial cooling at the end of the EemianInterglacial was a transregional phenomenon, which was reflected very clearly by a temporary openness of vegetation across the whole of Poland. It was associated with a distinct decrease in pine forest areas and an increase in birch forests and open communities of cold steppe type with a domination of Artemisia. The pronounced climate and environment instability during the last phase of the Eemian Interglacial may be con sistent with it being a natural phenomenon, characteristic of transitional stages. Taking into consideration the currently observed global warming, coinciding with a natural cooling trend, the study of such transi-tional stages is important for understanding the underlying processes of climate change. © 2016, Polish Geological Institute. All rights reserved.},
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Many terrestrial pollen profiles from Poland (and a few pollen records from other parts of Central Europe) show the end of the last interglacial(Eemian; MIS 5e) to have been characterized by climatic and environmental instability. This is expressed by a strong, rapid cooling in the middle part of the pine phase ending this interglacial (E7 regional pollen assemblage zone), and then a re-warming at the very end of this phase, immediately before the transition to the glacial conditions of the last glaci-ation (Vistulian; Weichselian; MIS 5d). We have characterized the regional distribution of these climatic fluctuations in Poland on the basis of isopollenmaps prepared for the EemianInterglacial based on palynologicaldata from 31 Polish pollen profiles. These maps show unequivocally that the intra-interglacial cooling at the end of the EemianInterglacial was a transregional phenomenon, which was reflected very clearly by a temporary openness of vegetation across the whole of Poland. It was associated with a distinct decrease in pine forest areas and an increase in birch forests and open communities of cold steppe type with a domination of Artemisia. The pronounced climate and environment instability during the last phase of the Eemian Interglacial may be con sistent with it being a natural phenomenon, characteristic of transitional stages. Taking into consideration the currently observed global warming, coinciding with a natural cooling trend, the study of such transi-tional stages is important for understanding the underlying processes of climate change. © 2016, Polish Geological Institute. All rights reserved.
2014
Marks, L.; Gałaogonekzka, D.; Krzymińska, J.; Nita, M.; Stachowicz-Rybka, R.; Witkowski, A.; Woronko, B.; Dobosz, S.
Marine transgressions during Eemian in northern Poland: A high resolution record from the type section at Cierpieogonekta Journal Article
In: Quaternary International, vol. 328-329, no. 1, pp. 45-59, 2014, ISSN: 10406182, (20).
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title = {Marine transgressions during Eemian in northern Poland: A high resolution record from the type section at Cierpieogonekta},
author = { L. Marks and D. Gałaogonekzka and J. Krzymińska and M. Nita and R. Stachowicz-Rybka and A. Witkowski and B. Woronko and S. Dobosz},
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abstract = {A core of the new borehole at Cierpieogonekta in northern Poland was examined with sedimentological, palynological, plant macrofossil, diatom, malacological, and foraminiferal analyses and completed with radiocarbon, OSL and amino acid dating. Based on a floating scale chronology, a rapid marine transgression was found to have started in the southern Baltic region before 300 years from the beginning of the Eemian (RPAZ E1 or E2). Two pulses of increased salinity were distinguished (reaching 28 and 18 psu), with their maxima at about 800-3500 and 6200-6600 years since the beginning of the Eemian, suggesting a possible two-step transgression of the Eemian sea. Diatom species, typical for a tidal plain, were more abundant during transgressive phases, presumably not only due to seashore flooding but possibly also in response to more intensive tides. A final regression occurred some 7500 years after the beginning of the Eemian (end of RPAZ E5 or early E6) and the bay has been transformed into a lake-marshy reservoir. Studies of the section at Cierpieogonekta are crucial for paleogeography of the Eemian sea in the southern Baltic region. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.},
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A core of the new borehole at Cierpieogonekta in northern Poland was examined with sedimentological, palynological, plant macrofossil, diatom, malacological, and foraminiferal analyses and completed with radiocarbon, OSL and amino acid dating. Based on a floating scale chronology, a rapid marine transgression was found to have started in the southern Baltic region before 300 years from the beginning of the Eemian (RPAZ E1 or E2). Two pulses of increased salinity were distinguished (reaching 28 and 18 psu), with their maxima at about 800-3500 and 6200-6600 years since the beginning of the Eemian, suggesting a possible two-step transgression of the Eemian sea. Diatom species, typical for a tidal plain, were more abundant during transgressive phases, presumably not only due to seashore flooding but possibly also in response to more intensive tides. A final regression occurred some 7500 years after the beginning of the Eemian (end of RPAZ E5 or early E6) and the bay has been transformed into a lake-marshy reservoir. Studies of the section at Cierpieogonekta are crucial for paleogeography of the Eemian sea in the southern Baltic region. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
2013
Lindner, L.; Marks, L.; Nita, M.
Climatostratigraphy of interglacials in Poland: Middle and Upper Pleistocene lower boundaries from a Polish perspective Journal Article
In: Quaternary International, vol. 292, pp. 113-123, 2013, ISSN: 10406182, (63).
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title = {Climatostratigraphy of interglacials in Poland: Middle and Upper Pleistocene lower boundaries from a Polish perspective},
author = { L. Lindner and L. Marks and M. Nita},
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date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {Quaternary International},
volume = {292},
pages = {113-123},
abstract = {The Brunhes/Matuyama paleomagnetic boundary has been identified in some key interglacial sites in Poland, helping in interpret the results of many years' climatostratigraphic research. The major qualitative stratigraphic boundary is located at the onset of the Mazovian Interglacial (Holsteinian) that separates the older composite from the younger simple interglacials. The two composite interglacials comprise 2-3 interglacial-rank warmings each, separated by profound but non-glacial coolings. The four simple interglacials (Mazovian Interglacial included) are expressed by single warmings only. Each interglacial possesses a characteristic pollen succession, and the successive interglacials are interbedded with tills of the Scandinavian provenance. Simple interglacials are typical of MIS 11-1 and reflect a climate system predominated by 100 ka orbital cycles. Composite interglacials are characteristic of the interval MIS 22-12 and reflect a transition from a climate system predominated by 41 ka orbital cycles to 100 ka cycles, i.e. the mid Pleistocene revolution. Based on these general differences, the MIS 23/22 and MIS 12/11 boundaries are recommended as key thresholds during the Pleistocene and could be reconsidered as the lower boundaries of Middle and Upper Pleistocene, respectively. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.},
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The Brunhes/Matuyama paleomagnetic boundary has been identified in some key interglacial sites in Poland, helping in interpret the results of many years' climatostratigraphic research. The major qualitative stratigraphic boundary is located at the onset of the Mazovian Interglacial (Holsteinian) that separates the older composite from the younger simple interglacials. The two composite interglacials comprise 2-3 interglacial-rank warmings each, separated by profound but non-glacial coolings. The four simple interglacials (Mazovian Interglacial included) are expressed by single warmings only. Each interglacial possesses a characteristic pollen succession, and the successive interglacials are interbedded with tills of the Scandinavian provenance. Simple interglacials are typical of MIS 11-1 and reflect a climate system predominated by 100 ka orbital cycles. Composite interglacials are characteristic of the interval MIS 22-12 and reflect a transition from a climate system predominated by 41 ka orbital cycles to 100 ka cycles, i.e. the mid Pleistocene revolution. Based on these general differences, the MIS 23/22 and MIS 12/11 boundaries are recommended as key thresholds during the Pleistocene and could be reconsidered as the lower boundaries of Middle and Upper Pleistocene, respectively. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
2012
Fajer, M.; Waga, J. M.; Rzętała, M.; Szymczyk, A.; Nita, M.; Machowski, R.; Rzętała, M. A.; Ruman, M.
The Late Vistulian and Holocene evolution of Jezioro Lake: A record of environmental change in southern Poland found in deposits and landforms Journal Article
In: Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 651-667, 2012, ISSN: 09212728, (18).
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title = {The Late Vistulian and Holocene evolution of Jezioro Lake: A record of environmental change in southern Poland found in deposits and landforms},
author = { M. Fajer and J.M. Waga and M. Rzętała and A. Szymczyk and M. Nita and R. Machowski and M.A. Rzętała and M. Ruman},
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abstract = {Jezioro Lake is the only natural lake in southern Poland outside mountainous areas to have existed continuously since the Pleistocene. The record of environmental change in the Late Vistulian (Weichselian) and Holocene is preserved in the deposits and landforms around the lake. This paper presents the results of paleogeographical and paleoecological research that emabled us to reconstruct the history of the Jezioro Lake. At the end of the Vistulian period, the outlet of the lake was blocked by a parabolic dune moving in from the west. Limnic sedimentation was evident in the sediment core at all levels from the Holocene, with remains of Cladocera, Chironomidae larvae, and aquatic plants. The lake did not disappear at that time, although its area decreased by a factor of 12 by the end of the period. Paleobotanical research permitted the reconstruction of sequences of plant communities and changes in nutrient status and water level. An initial oligotrophic lake, as indicated by the presence of Isoëtes lacustris L., changed to a eutrophic lake, as indicated by the presence of Potamogeton natans L. and Nuphar sp., then the lake progressed to the present-day dystrophic lake that is surrounded by a swamp. The profile of organic deposits contains a record of environmental change at least since the Younger Dryas in southern Poland. © 2012 The Author(s).},
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Jezioro Lake is the only natural lake in southern Poland outside mountainous areas to have existed continuously since the Pleistocene. The record of environmental change in the Late Vistulian (Weichselian) and Holocene is preserved in the deposits and landforms around the lake. This paper presents the results of paleogeographical and paleoecological research that emabled us to reconstruct the history of the Jezioro Lake. At the end of the Vistulian period, the outlet of the lake was blocked by a parabolic dune moving in from the west. Limnic sedimentation was evident in the sediment core at all levels from the Holocene, with remains of Cladocera, Chironomidae larvae, and aquatic plants. The lake did not disappear at that time, although its area decreased by a factor of 12 by the end of the period. Paleobotanical research permitted the reconstruction of sequences of plant communities and changes in nutrient status and water level. An initial oligotrophic lake, as indicated by the presence of Isoëtes lacustris L., changed to a eutrophic lake, as indicated by the presence of Potamogeton natans L. and Nuphar sp., then the lake progressed to the present-day dystrophic lake that is surrounded by a swamp. The profile of organic deposits contains a record of environmental change at least since the Younger Dryas in southern Poland. © 2012 The Author(s).
2010
Nita, M.
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 516-521, 2010, ISSN: 00332151, (2).
@article{2-s2.0-77954342183,
title = {Results of pollen analysis of organic sediments from Katowice - Local and regional pollen stratigraphy (Mazovian Interglacia) [Wyniki analizy pyłkowej osadów organicznych z Katowic lokalna i regionalna stratygrafia pyłkowa (interglacjał mazowiecki)]},
author = { M. Nita},
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The paper presents results of pollen analysis of organic sediments from the site Katowice 2. Six local pollen assemblage zones identified in the section represent the youngest part of Mazovian Interglacial. The pollen spectra of the basal part of the section display some changes indicative of intra-interglacial cooling, well recorded in many profiles of this interglacial in Poland. The forest landscape was subsequently dominated by hornbeam-fir communities which were replaced later by those of pine forests. In turn, taxa of thermophilous aquatic plants, represented by pollen Trapa and microsporangia Azolla filiculoides and Salvinia evidence of lacustrine environment. The results of pollen analysis of sediments from the Katowice site and those hitherto obtained from some other localities in western and central part of the Polish Uplands (Malice; Raków. Wielki Bór; Komeczki i Biale Ługi) became the basis for distinguishing seven regional pollen zones for this area. As compared to pollen succession from Podlasie and eastern Poland, the most significant differences concern the course of pollen curves of Carpinus and Abies and the sequence of their pollen culmination.
Nita, M.; Szymczyk, A.
Vegetation changes in the jezioro lake on the background of the holocene history of forests Journal Article
In: Acta Palaeobotanica, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 119-132, 2010, ISSN: 00016594, (9).
@article{2-s2.0-79953155604,
title = {Vegetation changes in the jezioro lake on the background of the holocene history of forests},
author = { M. Nita and A. Szymczyk},
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abstract = {The results of pollen and macrofossil analysis of organic deposits from the Jezioro Lake site are described here. It is one of a few sites in the Silesian-Cracovian Upland where almost complete transformation of vegetation at the end of Vistulian (Younger Dryas) and Holocene were recorded (i.e. from the Preboreal to the Subboreal). Six local pollen assemblage zones record vegetation transformations from the open assemblages of Younger Dryas herbaceous, through older Holocene birch-pine, to multispecies deciduous forest vegetation of the Atlantic and Subboreal chronozones. It is also the only natural water body (apart from ox-bow lakes) in the Woźniki-Wieluń Upland that is protected by law as an ecological site. The analysis of plant macrofossils (7 local macrofossil assemblage zones) made it possible to study the development of aquatic and rush vegetation and trophic transformations. The oligotrophic character of the lake at the beginning of the Preboreal is denoted by numerous micro- and megaspores of Isoëtes lacustris.},
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The results of pollen and macrofossil analysis of organic deposits from the Jezioro Lake site are described here. It is one of a few sites in the Silesian-Cracovian Upland where almost complete transformation of vegetation at the end of Vistulian (Younger Dryas) and Holocene were recorded (i.e. from the Preboreal to the Subboreal). Six local pollen assemblage zones record vegetation transformations from the open assemblages of Younger Dryas herbaceous, through older Holocene birch-pine, to multispecies deciduous forest vegetation of the Atlantic and Subboreal chronozones. It is also the only natural water body (apart from ox-bow lakes) in the Woźniki-Wieluń Upland that is protected by law as an ecological site. The analysis of plant macrofossils (7 local macrofossil assemblage zones) made it possible to study the development of aquatic and rush vegetation and trophic transformations. The oligotrophic character of the lake at the beginning of the Preboreal is denoted by numerous micro- and megaspores of Isoëtes lacustris.
Foltyn, E.; Foltyn, E. M.; Jochemczyk, L.; Nawrocki, J.; Nita, M.; Waga, J. M.; Wójcik, A.
The oldest human traces north of the Carpathians (Kończyce Wielkie 4, Poland) Journal Article
In: Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1886-1897, 2010, ISSN: 03054403, (5).
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title = {The oldest human traces north of the Carpathians (Kończyce Wielkie 4, Poland)},
author = { E. Foltyn and E.M. Foltyn and L. Jochemczyk and J. Nawrocki and M. Nita and J.M. Waga and A. Wójcik},
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abstract = {In the area of the Kończyce Wielkie quarry (middle-southern Poland), the Quaternary deposits of different genesis crop out. The lower fluvial series is overtopped with the glacigenic sediments occurring below the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary. This ice-sheet advance is correlated with the Günz and with the oldest traces of glaciations in Western Europe. Culture materials were located within layer of fluvial sands with fine-grained gravels, below the boulder pavement and diamicton - interpreted as till. Raw materials inventory are local flint and hornstone, also foreign flint, hornstone, quartzite, opalite and gneissose granite. The inventory contained macrolithic and microlithic cores, flakes and tools. The tools are made from pebbles, flakes and microlithic-flakes. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.},
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In the area of the Kończyce Wielkie quarry (middle-southern Poland), the Quaternary deposits of different genesis crop out. The lower fluvial series is overtopped with the glacigenic sediments occurring below the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary. This ice-sheet advance is correlated with the Günz and with the oldest traces of glaciations in Western Europe. Culture materials were located within layer of fluvial sands with fine-grained gravels, below the boulder pavement and diamicton - interpreted as till. Raw materials inventory are local flint and hornstone, also foreign flint, hornstone, quartzite, opalite and gneissose granite. The inventory contained macrolithic and microlithic cores, flakes and tools. The tools are made from pebbles, flakes and microlithic-flakes. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
2008
Nita, M.
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 1061-1066, 2008, ISSN: 00332151, (3).
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title = {Pollen analysis of Mazovian deposits in Malice (Woźniki-Wieluń Upland [Analiza pyłkowa osadów interglacjału mazowieckiego w Malicach (Wyżyna Woźnicko-Wieluńska)]},
author = { M. Nita},
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date = {2008-01-01},
journal = {Przeglad Geologiczny},
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abstract = {The paper shows results of pollen analysis of organic sediments from the site Malice (M1). The diagram includes 11 local pollen zones representing Mazovian Interglacial. Forest landscape in the vicinity of the site has changed together with the climate amelioration. In the beginning of the interglacial, birch and pine forests predominated in this area. Later, they were replaced by alder, spruce andyew communities, and next by multispecies deciduous forests and fir woods. Warm and humid climate of this interglacial is indicated for instance by high percentage of Taxus pollen (49%). According to Janczyk-Kopikowa, 1991 at the beginning of thepollen period III the curves show that an intrainterglacial climate cooling might have taken place what has also been recorded in many pollen diagrams of this interglacial in Poland. Pollen succession from Malice, apart from features characteristic for the succession of Mazovian Interglacial, also shows many local features caused by differentiation of habitats, and various hydrological and microclimatic conditions. Similar features are also revealed from the succession at the site Konieczki located nearby. Despite the fact that the influence of oceanic climate in Mazovian Interglacial reached farther eastwards than it is now, the forest landscape of Poland was also regionally differentiated, although not as distinctly as it is today.},
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The paper shows results of pollen analysis of organic sediments from the site Malice (M1). The diagram includes 11 local pollen zones representing Mazovian Interglacial. Forest landscape in the vicinity of the site has changed together with the climate amelioration. In the beginning of the interglacial, birch and pine forests predominated in this area. Later, they were replaced by alder, spruce andyew communities, and next by multispecies deciduous forests and fir woods. Warm and humid climate of this interglacial is indicated for instance by high percentage of Taxus pollen (49%). According to Janczyk-Kopikowa, 1991 at the beginning of thepollen period III the curves show that an intrainterglacial climate cooling might have taken place what has also been recorded in many pollen diagrams of this interglacial in Poland. Pollen succession from Malice, apart from features characteristic for the succession of Mazovian Interglacial, also shows many local features caused by differentiation of habitats, and various hydrological and microclimatic conditions. Similar features are also revealed from the succession at the site Konieczki located nearby. Despite the fact that the influence of oceanic climate in Mazovian Interglacial reached farther eastwards than it is now, the forest landscape of Poland was also regionally differentiated, although not as distinctly as it is today.
Nita, M.; Wójcik, A.
In: Biuletyn - Panstwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, no. 428, pp. 65-76, 2008, ISSN: 08676143, (1).
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title = {Geological position of the interglacial organic sediments from pruchna (oświecim basin) [Pozycja geologiczna interglacjalnych osadów organicznych w pruchnej (kotlina oświecimska)]},
author = { M. Nita and A. Wójcik},
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abstract = {Biogenic sediments with fragments of an interglacial succession have been found in the southern part of the Oświecim Basin (Kończyce Plateau). This tripartite section is situated in a village of Pruchna, to the south of the Pruchna-Zebrzydowice road. The upper part of the section is of aeolian origin and contains loess-like loams with traces of palaeosoils. This sedimentary complex, exceeding 4 m in thickness, was deposited during the Middle Polish and North Polish glaciations. The middle part of the section is built of organic sediments, which represent a part of the Mazovian Interglacial succession. They rest on a thin layer of loess-like sediments. The lower portion of the section from Pruchna covers a 7-m thick series of glacigenic sediments. Deposits from the bottom of the section are of Miocene age. The section is situated in the area where two Scandinavian ice-sheet transgressions, i.e. the South Polish and Middle Polish glaciations, are supposed to have occurred. The results of our studies rule out the possibility of the presence of Middle Polish Glaciations ice-sheet in the southern part of the Oświecim Basin. Taking into consideration the pollen succession from the Kończyce section, it may be expected that organic sediments of various interglacial ages (from the South Polish Complex or the Cromerian Complex up to the Eemian) may occur between the loess-like and glacigenic sediments related to the maximum extent of the Scandinavian ice-sheet.},
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Biogenic sediments with fragments of an interglacial succession have been found in the southern part of the Oświecim Basin (Kończyce Plateau). This tripartite section is situated in a village of Pruchna, to the south of the Pruchna-Zebrzydowice road. The upper part of the section is of aeolian origin and contains loess-like loams with traces of palaeosoils. This sedimentary complex, exceeding 4 m in thickness, was deposited during the Middle Polish and North Polish glaciations. The middle part of the section is built of organic sediments, which represent a part of the Mazovian Interglacial succession. They rest on a thin layer of loess-like sediments. The lower portion of the section from Pruchna covers a 7-m thick series of glacigenic sediments. Deposits from the bottom of the section are of Miocene age. The section is situated in the area where two Scandinavian ice-sheet transgressions, i.e. the South Polish and Middle Polish glaciations, are supposed to have occurred. The results of our studies rule out the possibility of the presence of Middle Polish Glaciations ice-sheet in the southern part of the Oświecim Basin. Taking into consideration the pollen succession from the Kończyce section, it may be expected that organic sediments of various interglacial ages (from the South Polish Complex or the Cromerian Complex up to the Eemian) may occur between the loess-like and glacigenic sediments related to the maximum extent of the Scandinavian ice-sheet.
Lewandowski, J.; Nita, M.
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 380-390, 2008, ISSN: 00332151, (5).
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title = {Evolution of the hydrographic system and vegetation in the drainage basin of the upper Piława and the upper Drawa Rivers (Middle Pomerania) [Ewolucja systemu hydrograficznego i szaty roślinnej dorzecza górnej Piławy i górnej Drawy (Pomorze Środkowe)]},
author = { J. Lewandowski and M. Nita},
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abstract = {Highly varied hydrographic system occurs in the drainage basins of the upper Pilawa, Plytnica and Drawa Rivers (Middle Pomerania). Numerous radiometric dating carried out by the methods of 14C, OSL and U/Th, as well as pollen analyses and geomorphological analysis enable to study evolution of the system in the period of the last twelve thousand years. Glaciolacustrine deposits, accompanying most of the lakes, represent accumulation, which took place at the initial stage of the lacustrine basin formation. The level of lacustrine waters fell by several to more than a twelve meters in that time and was controlled by melt water runoff channeled through valleys in the southern direction. The final stage of the lake development was connected with complete melting of buried dead-ice masses and formation - bottoms of lake. Evolution from glaciolacustrine to lacustrine basins within kettles was continuous process. Lake water level started tofall abruptly when the last remnants of the dead ice blocking the runoff have melted and the inter-lake channels have been erosionaly deepened. That phase should be related to the complete decay of permafrost, probably at the end of the Allerod. The main phase of erosion in the gorges started at the end of the Pleistocene and lasted (with lower intensity) till the Pre-Boreal and for the Boreal. The water level in the lake system drained by the Pilawa and the Drawa Rivers was finally fallen by 8-16 meters and for a long time was stabilized (during the Atlantic and Sub-Atlantic) at the level of 2 meters higher than the present one. Further lowering of drained lakes by the next 2 meters was probably caused by anthropogenic activities resulting from intensive colonization in the l6th and 17th centuries and later by land improvement accomplished in the drainage basins of the Drawa and the Pilawa Rivers in the l9th century. Local conditions strongly influenced character of forest communities in the area investigated. The tendency was especially significant in the Atlantic. Increased importance ofpine trees in the vicinity ofthe Ledyczek site caused that broadleaf forests with oak, maple, lime and hazel trees, typical of the Atlantic, have not developed there.},
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Highly varied hydrographic system occurs in the drainage basins of the upper Pilawa, Plytnica and Drawa Rivers (Middle Pomerania). Numerous radiometric dating carried out by the methods of 14C, OSL and U/Th, as well as pollen analyses and geomorphological analysis enable to study evolution of the system in the period of the last twelve thousand years. Glaciolacustrine deposits, accompanying most of the lakes, represent accumulation, which took place at the initial stage of the lacustrine basin formation. The level of lacustrine waters fell by several to more than a twelve meters in that time and was controlled by melt water runoff channeled through valleys in the southern direction. The final stage of the lake development was connected with complete melting of buried dead-ice masses and formation - bottoms of lake. Evolution from glaciolacustrine to lacustrine basins within kettles was continuous process. Lake water level started tofall abruptly when the last remnants of the dead ice blocking the runoff have melted and the inter-lake channels have been erosionaly deepened. That phase should be related to the complete decay of permafrost, probably at the end of the Allerod. The main phase of erosion in the gorges started at the end of the Pleistocene and lasted (with lower intensity) till the Pre-Boreal and for the Boreal. The water level in the lake system drained by the Pilawa and the Drawa Rivers was finally fallen by 8-16 meters and for a long time was stabilized (during the Atlantic and Sub-Atlantic) at the level of 2 meters higher than the present one. Further lowering of drained lakes by the next 2 meters was probably caused by anthropogenic activities resulting from intensive colonization in the l6th and 17th centuries and later by land improvement accomplished in the drainage basins of the Drawa and the Pilawa Rivers in the l9th century. Local conditions strongly influenced character of forest communities in the area investigated. The tendency was especially significant in the Atlantic. Increased importance ofpine trees in the vicinity ofthe Ledyczek site caused that broadleaf forests with oak, maple, lime and hazel trees, typical of the Atlantic, have not developed there.
2005
Nita, M.; Wójcicki, K. J.
Record of Holocene vegetation changes against a background of environmental conditions in the Kłodnica valley (southern Poland) Journal Article
In: Quaestiones Geographicae, no. 24, pp. 63-73, 2005, ISSN: 0137477X, (5).
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abstract = {Pollen diagrams from the Sławiecice and Łany Małe sites in the Kłodnica valley characterize locally by overrepresentation of alder pollen as well as hiatuses within the profiles of the Atlantic age. In many examples radiocarbon datings are not in conformity to pallynological data. In spite of spread cultivation in the drainage basin there are faint traces of human impact. It is principally related to deposition of soil erosion products within other valley deposits, where pollen has not survived.},
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Pollen diagrams from the Sławiecice and Łany Małe sites in the Kłodnica valley characterize locally by overrepresentation of alder pollen as well as hiatuses within the profiles of the Atlantic age. In many examples radiocarbon datings are not in conformity to pallynological data. In spite of spread cultivation in the drainage basin there are faint traces of human impact. It is principally related to deposition of soil erosion products within other valley deposits, where pollen has not survived.
Khursevich, G.; Nita, M.; Ber, A.; Sanko, A.; Fedenya, S.
Palaeoenvironmental and climatic changes during the Early Pleistocene recorded in the lacustrine-boggy-fluvial sediments at Komorniki, NE Poland Journal Article
In: Polish Geological Institute Special Papers, vol. 16, pp. 35-44, 2005, ISSN: 15079791, (7).
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title = {Palaeoenvironmental and climatic changes during the Early Pleistocene recorded in the lacustrine-boggy-fluvial sediments at Komorniki, NE Poland},
author = { G. Khursevich and M. Nita and A. Ber and A. Sanko and S. Fedenya},
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abstract = {The lacustrine-boggy-fluvial sequence at Komorniki, NE Poland was subject to complex (geological; palynological; diatomological and malacological) investigations. These sediments occur between the Narevian and Nidanian glaciations tills and belong to the Augustovian Interglacial of Poland correlated with the Cromerian 1 Interglacial of the Netherlands. Two cold stages of a glacial rank and one warm stage of interglacial rank (with dominant pollen of Quercus; Ulmus; Carpinus; Alnus; Tilia and Corylus in sediments corresponding to the climatic optimum) have been distinguished in the pollen succession. The latter is similar to that known from the Augustovian Interglacial profiles at Szczebra, Kalejty and Czarnucha. Diatom succession from the Komorniki section includes certain unidentified, apparently new small species of Stephanodiscus, Staurosirella and Pseudostaurosira side be side with the Pleistocene extinct taxon of Stephanodiscus niagarae var. insuetus and a relatively widespread species of S. rotula characterizing by some morphological peculiarities. In the composition of the malacofauna the fluvial extinct species of Fagotia wuesti and Sphaerium cf. rivicola are the most important molluscs for the biostratigraphy. Among them, Sphaerium cf. rivicola is known from the late Tiglian in the Netherlands. Fagotia wuesti is characteristic of the Bavel Interglacial in the Netherlands, as well as of the Borntal and Artern interglacials in Germany.},
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The lacustrine-boggy-fluvial sequence at Komorniki, NE Poland was subject to complex (geological; palynological; diatomological and malacological) investigations. These sediments occur between the Narevian and Nidanian glaciations tills and belong to the Augustovian Interglacial of Poland correlated with the Cromerian 1 Interglacial of the Netherlands. Two cold stages of a glacial rank and one warm stage of interglacial rank (with dominant pollen of Quercus; Ulmus; Carpinus; Alnus; Tilia and Corylus in sediments corresponding to the climatic optimum) have been distinguished in the pollen succession. The latter is similar to that known from the Augustovian Interglacial profiles at Szczebra, Kalejty and Czarnucha. Diatom succession from the Komorniki section includes certain unidentified, apparently new small species of Stephanodiscus, Staurosirella and Pseudostaurosira side be side with the Pleistocene extinct taxon of Stephanodiscus niagarae var. insuetus and a relatively widespread species of S. rotula characterizing by some morphological peculiarities. In the composition of the malacofauna the fluvial extinct species of Fagotia wuesti and Sphaerium cf. rivicola are the most important molluscs for the biostratigraphy. Among them, Sphaerium cf. rivicola is known from the late Tiglian in the Netherlands. Fagotia wuesti is characteristic of the Bavel Interglacial in the Netherlands, as well as of the Borntal and Artern interglacials in Germany.
Tarasov, P. E.; Granoszewski, W.; Bezrukova, E.; Brewer, S.; Nita, M.; Abzaeva, A.; Oberhänsli, H.
Quantitative reconstruction of the last interglacial vegetation and climate based on the pollen record from Lake Baikal, Russia Journal Article
In: Climate Dynamics, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 625-637, 2005, ISSN: 09307575, (81).
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title = {Quantitative reconstruction of the last interglacial vegetation and climate based on the pollen record from Lake Baikal, Russia},
author = { P.E. Tarasov and W. Granoszewski and E. Bezrukova and S. Brewer and M. Nita and A. Abzaeva and H. Oberhänsli},
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abstract = {Changes in mean temperature of the coldest (Tc) and warmest month (Tw), annual precipitation (Pann) and moisture index (α) were reconstructed from a continuous pollen record from Lake Baikal, Russia. The pollen sequence CON01-603-2 (53°57′N; 108°54′E) was recovered from a 386 m water depth in the Continent Ridge and dated to ca. 130-114.8 ky BP. This time interval covers the complete last interglacial (LI), corresponding to MIS 5e. Results of pollen analysis and pollen-based quantitative biome reconstruction show pronounced changes in the regional vegetation throughout the record. Shrubby tundra covered the area at the beginning of MIS 5e (ca. 130-128 ky), consistent with the end of the Middle Pleistocene glaciation. The late glacial climate was characterised by low winter and summer temperatures (Tc ∼ -38 to -35°C and Tw∼11-13°C) and low annual precipitation (Pann∼300 mm). However, the wide spread of tundra vegetation suggests rather moist environments associated with low temperatures and evaporation (reconstructed α∼1). Tundra was replaced by boreal conifer forest (taiga) by ca. 128 ky BP, suggesting a transition to the interglacial. Taiga-dominant phase lasted until ca. 117.4 ky BP, e.g. about 10 ky. The most favourable climate conditions occurred during the first half of the LI. Pann reached 500 mm soon after 128 ky BP. However, temperature changed more gradually. Maximum values of Tc ∼-20°C and Tw ∼16-17°C are reconstructed from about 126 ky BP. Conditions became gradually colder after ca. 121 ky BP. Tc dropped to ∼ -27°C and T w to ∼15°C by 119.5 ky BP. The reconstructed increase in continentality was accompanied by a decrease in Pann to ∼400-420 mm. However, the climate was still humid enough (α∼0.9) to support growth of boreal evergreen conifers. A sharp turn towards a dry climate is reconstructed after ca. 118 ky BP, causing retreat of forest and spread of cool grass-shrub communities. Cool steppe dominated the vegetation in the area between ca. 117.5 ky and 114.8 ky BP, suggesting the end of the interglacial and transition to the last glacial (MIS 5d). Shift to the new glaciation was characterised by cool and very dry conditions with Tc ∼ -28 to -30°C, Tw ∼14-15°C, Pann ∼250 mm and α∼0.5. © Springer-Verlag 2005.},
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Changes in mean temperature of the coldest (Tc) and warmest month (Tw), annual precipitation (Pann) and moisture index (α) were reconstructed from a continuous pollen record from Lake Baikal, Russia. The pollen sequence CON01-603-2 (53°57′N; 108°54′E) was recovered from a 386 m water depth in the Continent Ridge and dated to ca. 130-114.8 ky BP. This time interval covers the complete last interglacial (LI), corresponding to MIS 5e. Results of pollen analysis and pollen-based quantitative biome reconstruction show pronounced changes in the regional vegetation throughout the record. Shrubby tundra covered the area at the beginning of MIS 5e (ca. 130-128 ky), consistent with the end of the Middle Pleistocene glaciation. The late glacial climate was characterised by low winter and summer temperatures (Tc ∼ -38 to -35°C and Tw∼11-13°C) and low annual precipitation (Pann∼300 mm). However, the wide spread of tundra vegetation suggests rather moist environments associated with low temperatures and evaporation (reconstructed α∼1). Tundra was replaced by boreal conifer forest (taiga) by ca. 128 ky BP, suggesting a transition to the interglacial. Taiga-dominant phase lasted until ca. 117.4 ky BP, e.g. about 10 ky. The most favourable climate conditions occurred during the first half of the LI. Pann reached 500 mm soon after 128 ky BP. However, temperature changed more gradually. Maximum values of Tc ∼-20°C and Tw ∼16-17°C are reconstructed from about 126 ky BP. Conditions became gradually colder after ca. 121 ky BP. Tc dropped to ∼ -27°C and T w to ∼15°C by 119.5 ky BP. The reconstructed increase in continentality was accompanied by a decrease in Pann to ∼400-420 mm. However, the climate was still humid enough (α∼0.9) to support growth of boreal evergreen conifers. A sharp turn towards a dry climate is reconstructed after ca. 118 ky BP, causing retreat of forest and spread of cool grass-shrub communities. Cool steppe dominated the vegetation in the area between ca. 117.5 ky and 114.8 ky BP, suggesting the end of the interglacial and transition to the last glacial (MIS 5d). Shift to the new glaciation was characterised by cool and very dry conditions with Tc ∼ -28 to -30°C, Tw ∼14-15°C, Pann ∼250 mm and α∼0.5. © Springer-Verlag 2005.
Zarski, M.; Nita, M.; Winter, H.
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 137-144, 2005, ISSN: 00332151, (16).
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title = {New interglacial sites in the region of the Wilga and Okrzejka river valleys at the Żelechów Upland (SE Poland) [Nowe stanowiska interglacjalne w rejonie dolin Wilgi i Okrzejki na Wysoczyźnie Żelechowskiej (Polska południowo-wschodnia)]},
author = { M. Zarski and M. Nita and H. Winter},
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abstract = {Lake sediments of the Mazovian Interglacial were found in boreholes Kasyldów and Wola Okrzejska 48, and deposits of the Eemian Interglacial were discovered in Wola Okrzejska 49 and Szczepaniec boreholes. The pollen succession recorded in the lacustrine sediments in the profiles Kasyldów and Wola Okrzejska 48 is characteristic for the Mazovian Interglacial, and those from the profiles Wola Okrzejska 49 and Szczepaniec typical for the Eemian Interglacial. The biogenic sediments in the Kasyldów and Wola Okrzejska (48) were accumulated in lakes, formed after meltdown of the Sanian 2 (Wilgian) ice-sheet. These sites are located within the Mazovian Lakeland, in the south-east of the Żelechów Upland. The glacial horizon of the Sunian 2 (Wilgian) Glaciation occurs under Mazovian sediments. The fluvioglacial deposits of the Wartanian Glaciation cover the lacustrine sediments. The Eemian sites at Wola Okrzejska 49 and Szczepaniec are located in the Okrzejka River valley, which was formed after the Wartanian Glaciation. The silts of the Wartanian Glaciation occur below Eemian deposits. The sands of the Vistulian Glaciation and peats of the Holocene cover the lacustine deposits of the Eemian Interglacial. These sites are important for stratigraphy of sediments, which fill the Okrzejka, Wilga and Mala Bystrzyca valleys.},
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Lake sediments of the Mazovian Interglacial were found in boreholes Kasyldów and Wola Okrzejska 48, and deposits of the Eemian Interglacial were discovered in Wola Okrzejska 49 and Szczepaniec boreholes. The pollen succession recorded in the lacustrine sediments in the profiles Kasyldów and Wola Okrzejska 48 is characteristic for the Mazovian Interglacial, and those from the profiles Wola Okrzejska 49 and Szczepaniec typical for the Eemian Interglacial. The biogenic sediments in the Kasyldów and Wola Okrzejska (48) were accumulated in lakes, formed after meltdown of the Sanian 2 (Wilgian) ice-sheet. These sites are located within the Mazovian Lakeland, in the south-east of the Żelechów Upland. The glacial horizon of the Sunian 2 (Wilgian) Glaciation occurs under Mazovian sediments. The fluvioglacial deposits of the Wartanian Glaciation cover the lacustrine sediments. The Eemian sites at Wola Okrzejska 49 and Szczepaniec are located in the Okrzejka River valley, which was formed after the Wartanian Glaciation. The silts of the Wartanian Glaciation occur below Eemian deposits. The sands of the Vistulian Glaciation and peats of the Holocene cover the lacustine deposits of the Eemian Interglacial. These sites are important for stratigraphy of sediments, which fill the Okrzejka, Wilga and Mala Bystrzyca valleys.
Granoszewski, W.; Demske, D.; Nita, M.; Heumann, G.; Andreev, A. A.
Elsevier B.V., vol. 46, no. 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, ISSN: 09218181, (40).
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title = {Vegetation and climate variability during the Last Interglacial evidenced in the pollen record from Lake Baikal},
author = { W. Granoszewski and D. Demske and M. Nita and G. Heumann and A.A. Andreev},
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abstract = {A pollen record from the core sediments collected in the northern part of Lake Baikal represents the latest stage of the Taz (Saale) Glaciation, Kazantsevo (Eemian) Interglacial (namely the Last Interglacial), and the earliest stage of the Zyryanka (Weichselian) Glaciation. According to the palaeomagnetic-based age model applied to the core, the Last Interglacial in the Lake Baikal record lasted about 10.6 ky from 128 to 117.4 ky BP, being more or less synchronous with the Marine Isotope Stage 5e. The reconstructed changes in the south Siberian vegetation and climate are summarised as follows: a major spread of shrub alder (Alnus fruticosa) and shrub birches (Betula sect. Nanae/Fruticosae) in the study area was a characteristic feature during the late glacial phase of the Taz Glaciation. Boreal trees e.g. spruce (Picea obovata) and birch (Betula sect. Albae) started to play an important role in the regional vegetation with the onset of the interglacial conditions. Optimal conditions for Abies sibirica-P. obovata taiga development occurred ca. 126.3 ky BP. The maximum spread of birch forest-steppe communities took place at the low altitudes ca. 126.5-125.5 ky BP and Pinus sylvestris started to form forests in the northern Baikal area after ca. 124.4 ky BP. Re-expansion of the steppe communities, as well as shrubby alder and willow communities and the disappearance of forest vegetation occurred at about 117.4 ky BP, suggesting the end of the interglacial succession. The changes in the pollen assemblages recorded in the sediments from northern Baikal point to a certain instability of the interglacial climate. Three phases of climate deterioration have been distinguished: 126-125.5, 121.5-120, and 119.5-119 ky BP. The penultimate cooling signal may be correlated with the cool oscillation recorded in European pollen records. However, such far distant correlation requires more careful investigation. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
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A pollen record from the core sediments collected in the northern part of Lake Baikal represents the latest stage of the Taz (Saale) Glaciation, Kazantsevo (Eemian) Interglacial (namely the Last Interglacial), and the earliest stage of the Zyryanka (Weichselian) Glaciation. According to the palaeomagnetic-based age model applied to the core, the Last Interglacial in the Lake Baikal record lasted about 10.6 ky from 128 to 117.4 ky BP, being more or less synchronous with the Marine Isotope Stage 5e. The reconstructed changes in the south Siberian vegetation and climate are summarised as follows: a major spread of shrub alder (Alnus fruticosa) and shrub birches (Betula sect. Nanae/Fruticosae) in the study area was a characteristic feature during the late glacial phase of the Taz Glaciation. Boreal trees e.g. spruce (Picea obovata) and birch (Betula sect. Albae) started to play an important role in the regional vegetation with the onset of the interglacial conditions. Optimal conditions for Abies sibirica-P. obovata taiga development occurred ca. 126.3 ky BP. The maximum spread of birch forest-steppe communities took place at the low altitudes ca. 126.5-125.5 ky BP and Pinus sylvestris started to form forests in the northern Baikal area after ca. 124.4 ky BP. Re-expansion of the steppe communities, as well as shrubby alder and willow communities and the disappearance of forest vegetation occurred at about 117.4 ky BP, suggesting the end of the interglacial succession. The changes in the pollen assemblages recorded in the sediments from northern Baikal point to a certain instability of the interglacial climate. Three phases of climate deterioration have been distinguished: 126-125.5, 121.5-120, and 119.5-119 ky BP. The penultimate cooling signal may be correlated with the cool oscillation recorded in European pollen records. However, such far distant correlation requires more careful investigation. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Demske, D.; Heumann, G.; Granoszewski, W.; Nita, M.; Mamakowa, K.; Tarasov, P. E.; Oberhänsli, H.
Elsevier B.V., vol. 46, no. 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, ISSN: 09218181, (142).
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title = {Late glacial and Holocene vegetation and regional climate variability evidenced in high-resolution pollen records from Lake Baikal},
author = { D. Demske and G. Heumann and W. Granoszewski and M. Nita and K. Mamakowa and P.E. Tarasov and H. Oberhänsli},
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abstract = {High-resolution pollen records from Lake Baikal revealed considerable regional differences in the vegetation development and pronounced climate variability during the last glacial-interglacial transition and Holocene. Correlation between cores was successfully based on a chronology constructed from AMS 14C dating of pollen concentrates. Comparison to other radiocarbon-dated pollen sequences from the Baikal region suggests that the chronology presented is very reliable, and thus correlation to other dated events can easily be performed. Pollen indices, which reflect relative changes in major vegetation types and limitations of growing conditions by moisture availability and temperature, demonstrate near-synchronous vegetation changes, which suggest synchronous large-scale climate variation across the Baikal region. Due to the limited influence of human impact in the Lake Baikal region, the pollen data illustrate that, in the continental interior of NE Eurasia Holocene, climate variability was very pronounced. After initial warming and a strong increase in relative moisture (ca. 16 cal ka BP), the Bølling-Allerød-like event was punctuated by three cool and dry events. These events, dated between ca. 15 and 13 cal ka BP, can be compared to coolings as recorded in GISP 2 oxygen isotope records from Greenland ice cores. An expansion of Betula sect. Nanae/Fruticosae, Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae marks the Younger-Dryas (YD)-like cooling event (ca. 12.5-12 cal ka BP). High temperatures and favourable moisture conditions during the first part of Holocene favoured the optimum development of dark coniferous taiga between 11-7.5 cal ka BP in the south and 10-8 cal ka BP in the northeast. A fir and spruce decline in the southern mountains (ca. 9.5-8.5 cal ka BP) can be related to the 8.2 cal ka BP cooling event. The pronounced mid-Holocene cooling event and a transition towards dry conditions (ca. 8-7 cal ka BP) preceded the nearly synchronous regional expansion of pine taiga. Maximum distribution of Scots pine forests marks the Holocene thermal optimum (ca. 6.5-5.7 cal ka BP), which was followed by two subsequent cooling events (ca. 5.5-4.5 cal ka BP) at the Atlantic-Subboreal transition. A subsequent temperature optimum in the southeastern Baikal region ended with pronounced cooling during the Subboreal-Subatlantic transition (ca. 3-2.5 cal ka BP). A late spread of shrub alders may evidence the beginning of the Little Ice Age. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
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High-resolution pollen records from Lake Baikal revealed considerable regional differences in the vegetation development and pronounced climate variability during the last glacial-interglacial transition and Holocene. Correlation between cores was successfully based on a chronology constructed from AMS 14C dating of pollen concentrates. Comparison to other radiocarbon-dated pollen sequences from the Baikal region suggests that the chronology presented is very reliable, and thus correlation to other dated events can easily be performed. Pollen indices, which reflect relative changes in major vegetation types and limitations of growing conditions by moisture availability and temperature, demonstrate near-synchronous vegetation changes, which suggest synchronous large-scale climate variation across the Baikal region. Due to the limited influence of human impact in the Lake Baikal region, the pollen data illustrate that, in the continental interior of NE Eurasia Holocene, climate variability was very pronounced. After initial warming and a strong increase in relative moisture (ca. 16 cal ka BP), the Bølling-Allerød-like event was punctuated by three cool and dry events. These events, dated between ca. 15 and 13 cal ka BP, can be compared to coolings as recorded in GISP 2 oxygen isotope records from Greenland ice cores. An expansion of Betula sect. Nanae/Fruticosae, Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae marks the Younger-Dryas (YD)-like cooling event (ca. 12.5-12 cal ka BP). High temperatures and favourable moisture conditions during the first part of Holocene favoured the optimum development of dark coniferous taiga between 11-7.5 cal ka BP in the south and 10-8 cal ka BP in the northeast. A fir and spruce decline in the southern mountains (ca. 9.5-8.5 cal ka BP) can be related to the 8.2 cal ka BP cooling event. The pronounced mid-Holocene cooling event and a transition towards dry conditions (ca. 8-7 cal ka BP) preceded the nearly synchronous regional expansion of pine taiga. Maximum distribution of Scots pine forests marks the Holocene thermal optimum (ca. 6.5-5.7 cal ka BP), which was followed by two subsequent cooling events (ca. 5.5-4.5 cal ka BP) at the Atlantic-Subboreal transition. A subsequent temperature optimum in the southeastern Baikal region ended with pronounced cooling during the Subboreal-Subatlantic transition (ca. 3-2.5 cal ka BP). A late spread of shrub alders may evidence the beginning of the Little Ice Age. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2004
Wójcik, A.; Nawrocki, J.; Nita, M.
In: Biuletyn - Panstwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, no. 409, pp. 5-50, 2004, ISSN: 02086603, (21).
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title = {Pleistocene in the Kończyce profile (Oświȩcim Basin - Sediment genesis and age analysis at the background of stratigraphic schemes of the quaternary [Plejstocen w profilu kończyce (kotlina oświȩcimska) - Analiza genezy I wieke na tle schematów podzialu stratygraficznego czwartorzȩdu]},
author = { A. Wójcik and J. Nawrocki and M. Nita},
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abstract = {In the southern part of the Oświȩcim Basin, in the area of the Kończyce quarry, the Quaternary deposits of different genesis crop out. Thanks to the performed investigations, particular horizons of these deposits have been identified. The lower fluvial series is overtopped with the glacigenic sediments. Above the latter, the lower series of organic mud with the interglacial flora occurs in places. This series is characterised by the reverse magnetic polarity. The discussed mud series represents a fragment of the warm interglacial succession and corresponds to the 1st interglacial of the Cromerian Complex. The upper fluvial series overlain by an upper organic mud series, in which Brunhes-Matuyama boundary is registered, rests on the cut-off glacigenic deposits and organic muds. Directly above this boundary, in the organic muds, fragments of two interglacials separated by a cold stage have been identified by palynological methods. All the deposits are covered with the series of the loess-like sediments with the traces of the fossil soils. The glacigenic deposits occurring below the B/M boundary and interglacial sediments are older than the Cromerian Complex, and thus cannot be correlated with the Elster and Mindel glaciations as it has been accepted until now. This ice-sheet advance, in its maximum extent in southern Poland, is older and should rather be correlated with the Günz and with the oldest, pre-Cromerian traces of glaciations in Western Europe. In Poland it might correspond to the Podlasie Glaciation. Thus, in the discussed profile there are fragments of three interglacials, and the lowermost one is older than the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary. The pollen succession differs from those known from interglacial sites in Poland. The obtained results suggest a new insight into the extent and age of the maximum ice-sheet advance than it has been accepted until now. The performed studies allow to infer that the oldest ice-sheet advance had also the largest extent in Poland. The performed study has cognitive aspects and the obtained results are a new input to the state of knowledge, thus can serves as a reference for further studies on the range of the Scandinavian Glaciation in its maximum extent. The Kończyce profile should be treated as a banchmark for the Quaternary stratigraphy of Western and Middle Europe.},
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In the southern part of the Oświȩcim Basin, in the area of the Kończyce quarry, the Quaternary deposits of different genesis crop out. Thanks to the performed investigations, particular horizons of these deposits have been identified. The lower fluvial series is overtopped with the glacigenic sediments. Above the latter, the lower series of organic mud with the interglacial flora occurs in places. This series is characterised by the reverse magnetic polarity. The discussed mud series represents a fragment of the warm interglacial succession and corresponds to the 1st interglacial of the Cromerian Complex. The upper fluvial series overlain by an upper organic mud series, in which Brunhes-Matuyama boundary is registered, rests on the cut-off glacigenic deposits and organic muds. Directly above this boundary, in the organic muds, fragments of two interglacials separated by a cold stage have been identified by palynological methods. All the deposits are covered with the series of the loess-like sediments with the traces of the fossil soils. The glacigenic deposits occurring below the B/M boundary and interglacial sediments are older than the Cromerian Complex, and thus cannot be correlated with the Elster and Mindel glaciations as it has been accepted until now. This ice-sheet advance, in its maximum extent in southern Poland, is older and should rather be correlated with the Günz and with the oldest, pre-Cromerian traces of glaciations in Western Europe. In Poland it might correspond to the Podlasie Glaciation. Thus, in the discussed profile there are fragments of three interglacials, and the lowermost one is older than the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary. The pollen succession differs from those known from interglacial sites in Poland. The obtained results suggest a new insight into the extent and age of the maximum ice-sheet advance than it has been accepted until now. The performed studies allow to infer that the oldest ice-sheet advance had also the largest extent in Poland. The performed study has cognitive aspects and the obtained results are a new input to the state of knowledge, thus can serves as a reference for further studies on the range of the Scandinavian Glaciation in its maximum extent. The Kończyce profile should be treated as a banchmark for the Quaternary stratigraphy of Western and Middle Europe.
Stankowski, W.; Nita, M.
Stratigraphy of Late Quaternary deposits and their neotectonic record in the Konin area, Central Poland Journal Article
In: Geological Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 23-34, 2004, ISSN: 16417291, (12).
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abstract = {During many years' research, the stratigraphy of Quaternary deposits in the area surrounding Konin has elaborated. In the young Quaternary strata the Eemian fossil lakeland was established and the exposed Mikorzyn section was found. Previous geological and palynological analyses of the site prove a nearly complete sequence of Eemian and Vistulian deposits. Furthermore, archival records of drill cores indicate that older intergiacial sediments may also have been deposited about 10 metres deeper in this particular area. To test this possibility, a relatively deep test borehole - Mikorzyn I was carried out in the distance about 70 metres only. The sedimentological and palynological core analyses prove the Eemian age of examined organic materials. The borehole, established only the presence of ca. 10 m offset in the bottom part of the Eemian strata. This fact, as well as other faults and Tertiary coal injections into glacial sediments, confirmed the occurrence of neotectonic activity.},
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During many years' research, the stratigraphy of Quaternary deposits in the area surrounding Konin has elaborated. In the young Quaternary strata the Eemian fossil lakeland was established and the exposed Mikorzyn section was found. Previous geological and palynological analyses of the site prove a nearly complete sequence of Eemian and Vistulian deposits. Furthermore, archival records of drill cores indicate that older intergiacial sediments may also have been deposited about 10 metres deeper in this particular area. To test this possibility, a relatively deep test borehole - Mikorzyn I was carried out in the distance about 70 metres only. The sedimentological and palynological core analyses prove the Eemian age of examined organic materials. The borehole, established only the presence of ca. 10 m offset in the bottom part of the Eemian strata. This fact, as well as other faults and Tertiary coal injections into glacial sediments, confirmed the occurrence of neotectonic activity.
2003
Stankowski, W.; Nita, M.; Pawlowski, D.
Young Quaternary tectonic activity of Konin area (Central Poland) [Młodoczwartorzedowa aktywność tektoniczna okolic Konina] Journal Article
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 49-53, 2003, ISSN: 00332151, (6).
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abstract = {A good exemplification of Tertiary and Quaternary tectonics was found near the town of Konin neighbourhood at sites Konin-Przydzialki and Mikorzyn. Many years of geological, palynological and radiometric research in the Mikorzyn and Slawoszewek sections confirmed, the occurence of Quaternary tectonic activity, as well as its young age, up to last glaciation advance Tectonic faults and injection structures were recognised. They cut into the South Polish (Elsterian) and Middle Polish (Saalian) glacial strata, as well as Eemian and early Vistulian (Weichselian) sediments.},
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A good exemplification of Tertiary and Quaternary tectonics was found near the town of Konin neighbourhood at sites Konin-Przydzialki and Mikorzyn. Many years of geological, palynological and radiometric research in the Mikorzyn and Slawoszewek sections confirmed, the occurence of Quaternary tectonic activity, as well as its young age, up to last glaciation advance Tectonic faults and injection structures were recognised. They cut into the South Polish (Elsterian) and Middle Polish (Saalian) glacial strata, as well as Eemian and early Vistulian (Weichselian) sediments.
2002
Ludwikowska-Kędzia, M.; Nita, M.
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 50, no. 10 PART 1, pp. 875-878, 2002, ISSN: 00332151, (4).
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title = {Mazovian interglacial deposits near the Białe Ługi peat-bot (Holy Cross Mts, Central Poland) [Osady interglacjału mazowieckiego w rejonie torfowiska Białe Ługi (Góry Świetokrzyskie)]},
author = { M. Ludwikowska-Kędzia and M. Nita},
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abstract = {The Biale Ługi 5B section is located in the central part of the Holy Cross Mts, SE from Daleszyce and Slopiec Szlachecki. The borehole was made at the peat-bog verge, within the accumulational-erosional terrace from the Saalitan Glaciation. Some technical problems caused that the organic series was not drilled trough. Despite of this, the presented pollen succession shows a number of features, which allows to correlate with the Mazovian Interglacial (the presence of Pterocarya pollen among them). The pollen succession embraces the younger part of the Mazovian Interglacial, i.e., the decline of the second, third and forth pollen periods according to Szafer (1953), and the beginning of a cooling of glacial rank. Interglacial deposits, mainly peats and organic muds (silts), are present from 12.8 to 10.8 m below the surface, and are covered by silts and sands.},
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The Biale Ługi 5B section is located in the central part of the Holy Cross Mts, SE from Daleszyce and Slopiec Szlachecki. The borehole was made at the peat-bog verge, within the accumulational-erosional terrace from the Saalitan Glaciation. Some technical problems caused that the organic series was not drilled trough. Despite of this, the presented pollen succession shows a number of features, which allows to correlate with the Mazovian Interglacial (the presence of Pterocarya pollen among them). The pollen succession embraces the younger part of the Mazovian Interglacial, i.e., the decline of the second, third and forth pollen periods according to Szafer (1953), and the beginning of a cooling of glacial rank. Interglacial deposits, mainly peats and organic muds (silts), are present from 12.8 to 10.8 m below the surface, and are covered by silts and sands.
1999
Nita, M.
Mazovian interglacial at Konieczki near kłobuck (silesian-cracovian upland) Journal Article
In: Acta Palaeobotanica, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 89-135, 1999, ISSN: 00016594, (14).
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abstract = {The aim of this work is to present an account of the development of the vegetation in the Woźniki-Wieluń Upland in the Mazovian Interglacial, and during the initial period of the subsequent glaciation, on the basis of the results of palaeobotanical studies (pollen and macrofossil analyses). Eleven local pollen assemblage zones (L PAZ), of which ten represent the Mazovian Interglacial, and six local macrofossil assemblage zones (L MAZ) have been distinguished. The flora list contains 251 taxa varying in rank, 106 of them identified to species level. A very high proportion of Taxus pollen, with a maximum exceeding 60%, is the characteristic feature of the pollen succession. Among the macrofossils, special attention should be given to Aracites interglacialis, an extinct species characteristic of the Mazovian floras, known from several sites in Poland. The succession from Konieczki is compared with those from three sites in the Woźniki-Wieluń; Upland and with several other successions of the Mazovian Interglacial in Poland. The differences, caused mainly by the varying pollen proportions of Taxus, Fraxinus and Pinus, are connected with local conditions.},
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The aim of this work is to present an account of the development of the vegetation in the Woźniki-Wieluń Upland in the Mazovian Interglacial, and during the initial period of the subsequent glaciation, on the basis of the results of palaeobotanical studies (pollen and macrofossil analyses). Eleven local pollen assemblage zones (L PAZ), of which ten represent the Mazovian Interglacial, and six local macrofossil assemblage zones (L MAZ) have been distinguished. The flora list contains 251 taxa varying in rank, 106 of them identified to species level. A very high proportion of Taxus pollen, with a maximum exceeding 60%, is the characteristic feature of the pollen succession. Among the macrofossils, special attention should be given to Aracites interglacialis, an extinct species characteristic of the Mazovian floras, known from several sites in Poland. The succession from Konieczki is compared with those from three sites in the Woźniki-Wieluń; Upland and with several other successions of the Mazovian Interglacial in Poland. The differences, caused mainly by the varying pollen proportions of Taxus, Fraxinus and Pinus, are connected with local conditions.
1998
Nita, M.
An interstadial flora from the Zalesiaki locality near Działoszyn (Silesian-Cracovian Upland) Journal Article
In: Acta Palaeobotanica, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 193-216, 1998, ISSN: 00016594, (2).
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title = {An interstadial flora from the Zalesiaki locality near Działoszyn (Silesian-Cracovian Upland)},
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abstract = {Vegetation changes near the Zalesiaki site based on the results of pollen and plant macrofossil analyses indicate a nearly closed cycle of vegetation development, interstadial in nature, with a clear climatic optimum. The flora list contains 178 taxa varying in rank, 78 of them identified to species level. An interesting situation arises in relation to the interstadial history of the vegetation through the presence of macrofossils of Brasenia schreberi, Dulichium spathaceum, Aldrovanda vesiculosa and Nymphoides peltata in the flora of this site. The geological position of the organogenic sediments is not univocal, but it does not exclude the Pilica Interstadial/Interglacial (= Lublin Interglacial). That they are coeval is neither excluded nor confirmed by comparison of the pollen succession from Zalesiaki with others of an interstadial nature from Poland which are referred to the Pilica Interstadial/Interglacial stratigraphie unit.},
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Vegetation changes near the Zalesiaki site based on the results of pollen and plant macrofossil analyses indicate a nearly closed cycle of vegetation development, interstadial in nature, with a clear climatic optimum. The flora list contains 178 taxa varying in rank, 78 of them identified to species level. An interesting situation arises in relation to the interstadial history of the vegetation through the presence of macrofossils of Brasenia schreberi, Dulichium spathaceum, Aldrovanda vesiculosa and Nymphoides peltata in the flora of this site. The geological position of the organogenic sediments is not univocal, but it does not exclude the Pilica Interstadial/Interglacial (= Lublin Interglacial). That they are coeval is neither excluded nor confirmed by comparison of the pollen succession from Zalesiaki with others of an interstadial nature from Poland which are referred to the Pilica Interstadial/Interglacial stratigraphie unit.
1995
Krzyszkowski, D.; Nita, M.
The intra‐Saalian interstadial floras of the Chojny Formation of Belchatów, central Poland Journal Article
In: Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 225-240, 1995, ISSN: 02678179, (13).
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abstract = {The Saalian sequence of Belchatów, central Poland, is exceptionally thick and complete. Five tills, two from the older Saalian (Odranian, Drenthe) and three from the younger Saalian (Wartanian, Warthe), which are separated by the fluvial Chojny Formation, have been identified. The Saalian sequence at Bełchatów is underlain by Holsteinian and overlain by Eemian sequences, both palaeobotanically analysed. The Chojny Formation contains deposits of meandering (lower member) and braided (upper member) rivers, with occasional aeolian deposits. The lower member of the formation contains numerous organic layers. Pollen analysis indicates temperate (sub‐boreal) to cold (sub‐arctic) climatic conditions, with coniferous to mixed forests in the optimum phase of the interstadial. The interstadial floras of the Chojny Formation are interpreted as representing the intra‐Saalian Pilica Interstadial. Profiles from Belchatów are designated as the stratotype profiles of this substage. The data from Bełchatów show clearly that reforestation occurred between the major advances of the Saalian ice sheet, although only interstadial rank, not interglacial, may be inferred from the pollen data. Copyright © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd},
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The Saalian sequence of Belchatów, central Poland, is exceptionally thick and complete. Five tills, two from the older Saalian (Odranian, Drenthe) and three from the younger Saalian (Wartanian, Warthe), which are separated by the fluvial Chojny Formation, have been identified. The Saalian sequence at Bełchatów is underlain by Holsteinian and overlain by Eemian sequences, both palaeobotanically analysed. The Chojny Formation contains deposits of meandering (lower member) and braided (upper member) rivers, with occasional aeolian deposits. The lower member of the formation contains numerous organic layers. Pollen analysis indicates temperate (sub‐boreal) to cold (sub‐arctic) climatic conditions, with coniferous to mixed forests in the optimum phase of the interstadial. The interstadial floras of the Chojny Formation are interpreted as representing the intra‐Saalian Pilica Interstadial. Profiles from Belchatów are designated as the stratotype profiles of this substage. The data from Bełchatów show clearly that reforestation occurred between the major advances of the Saalian ice sheet, although only interstadial rank, not interglacial, may be inferred from the pollen data. Copyright © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
1993
Krzyszkowski, D.; Nita, M.
In: Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 11, pp. 788-797, 1993, ISSN: 00332151, (9).
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title = {A new site of the Pilica Interstade, Chojny Formation, in the Belchatow outcrop [Nowe stanowiska interstadialu pilicy (formacja Chojny) w odkrywce Belchatow]},
author = { D. Krzyszkowski and M. Nita},
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abstract = {Describes new sites of the intra-Saalian organic sediments from the fluvial Chojny Formation of Belchatow outcrop. They are located near villages Stawek and Kucow, in the NW part of the outcrop (June 1992). Palynological investigations show five local pollen zones. The lowermost one, Pinus-Alnus, zone represents the warmest period. The upper zones show for climatic deterioration indicating predominance of subarctic flora. The Pinus-Alnus zone represents quite different warming up than this from site Buczyna 4 (Polnocna) of the Chojny Formation in the eastern part of the Belchatow outcrop. -English summary},
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Describes new sites of the intra-Saalian organic sediments from the fluvial Chojny Formation of Belchatow outcrop. They are located near villages Stawek and Kucow, in the NW part of the outcrop (June 1992). Palynological investigations show five local pollen zones. The lowermost one, Pinus-Alnus, zone represents the warmest period. The upper zones show for climatic deterioration indicating predominance of subarctic flora. The Pinus-Alnus zone represents quite different warming up than this from site Buczyna 4 (Polnocna) of the Chojny Formation in the eastern part of the Belchatow outcrop. -English summary