RESEARCH PAPER
The Basis of the Study of the Age of the Holocene Diluvium on Loess Areas of Polish Highlands
1
Department of Radioisotopes, Institute of Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
2
Faculty of Earth Sciences, Silesian University, Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
Online publication date: 2007-10-18
Publication date: 2007-12-01
Geochronometria 2007;28:61-66
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Large part of slope sediments (pediment) which are the effect of water induced soil erosion in the loess areas of Polish Uplands, has a close relationship with pre-historical, historical and "present" agricultural activity. The sediments accumulated in different periods are often separated by fossil soils. These soils are correlated with the periods of relinquishment of agricultural land use in a given area. A precise dating of the cycles of fossil soil formation is practically impossible. Therefore it is important to gain a possibility to establish the age of sediments between old fossil soils corresponding with the phases of soil erosion. The organic material in the floor or roof of deposits permitting a 14C dating is very seldom. This is why attempts were made to use the OSL method to date mineral parts of slope sediments. In connection with pedological and sedimentological methods, the OSL method makes it possible to give some information about the age of pre-historical and historical phases of intensive soil erosion. In order to date sediments accumulated during the last 50 years, the method based on measurement of 137Cs isotope in products of soil erosion is used. This paper shows some examples of the application of 14C, OSL and 137Cs methods in some selected research sites. In each case there is a discussion of limitations of the methods used.
REFERENCES (18)
1.
Bluszcz A and Śnieszko Z, 2000. Zawartość izotopu 137Cs we współczesnych osadach powodziowych i deluwiach Kotliny Kłodzkiej (The concentration of 137Cs in modern flooding sediments an diluvium in Kłodzko Valley). In: Ostafczuk S, ed., Dynamiczna ocena i prognoza geologicznych zagrożeń wywołanych powodzią - na przykładzie Nysy Kłodzkiej, Górnej Soły i Górnego Sanu-Solinki (The dynamic evaluation and prognosis of the geological danger induced by flood - on the example of Nysa Kłodzka river, Górna Soła river and Górny San-Solinka river). Kraków, PAN: 63-68 (in Polish).
2.
Borek H, 1988. Górny Śląsk w świetle nazw miejscowych (The Upper Silesia in the light of locals names). Opole, Instytut Ślaski: 41 pp. (in Polish).
3.
Bronk Ramsey C, 1995. Radiocarbon Calibration and Analysis of Stratigraphy: The OxCal Program Radiocarbon 37(2): 425-430.10.1017/S0033822200030903.
4.
Bronk Ramsey C, 2001. Development of the radiocarbon calibration program OxCal, Radiocarbon 43 (2A): 355-363.10.1017/S0033822200038212.
5.
Dwucet K and Śnieszko Z, 1997. Zmiany fizykochemiczne cech lessu i gleb nalessowych po redepozycji spowodowanej gwałtowną ulewą (The changing of teh physical an dchemical properties of the loess and loessive soil after redeposition due to rainstorm). In: Starkel L, ed., Rola gwałtownych ulew w ewolucji rzeźby Wyżyny Miechowskiej (na przykładzie ulewy w dniu 15 września 1995 roku) (The influence of the rainstorms on the evolution of the Miechowska Uppland). Kraków, Dokumentacja Geograficzna 8: 76-86.
6.
Gedl M, 1962. Kultura łużycka na Górnym Śląsku (The Lusatian culture on the Upper Silesia). Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków, Ossolineum: 317 pp. (in Polish).
7.
Kosmowska-Suffczyńska D, 1983. Origin of the youngest fill revealing human activity; an example of the Czyżówka valley (Sandomierz Upland). Geographia Polonica 45: 19-34.
8.
Mucher HJ, 1985. Aspects of loess and loess-derived slope deposits: an experimental and micromorphological approach. Nederlandse Geografische Studies 23: 267 pp.
9.
Pazdur MF, 1982. Badanie dokładności datowania metodą 14C późnopleistoceńskich i holoceńskich osadów organicznych (A study of the accuracy of radiocarbon dating of holocene and late plejstocene organic sediment). Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Śląskiej 741, Seria Matematyka-Fizyka 41: 81 pp. (in Polish).
10.
Poręba G, Bluszcz A and Śnieszko Z, 2003. Concentration and vertical distribution of 137Cs in agricultural and undisturbed soils from Chechło and Czarnocin areas. Geochronometria 22: 67-72.
11.
Poręba G and Bluszcz A, 2003: Zastosowanie metod Cs-137 i OSL do datowania gleb i osadów (The using Cs-137 and OSL methods to dating soils and sediments). In: Waga JM and Kocel K, eds., Człowiek w Środowisku Przyrodniczym - Zapis Działalności (Human in the natural environment - the record of the activity). Sosnowiec, Uniwersytet Ślaski: 184-188 (in Polish).
12.
Poręba G, 2006: Caesium-137 as a soil erosion tracer: a review. Geochronometria 25: 37-46.
13.
Reimer PJ, Baillie MGL, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Bertrand C, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Burr G, Cutler KB, Damon PE, Edwards RL, Fairbanks RG, Friedrich M, Guilderson TP, Hughen KA, Kromer B, McCormac FG, Manning S, Bronk Ramsey C, Reimer RW, Remmele S. Southon JR, Stuiver M, Talamo S, Taylor FW, van der Plicht J and Weyhenmeyer CE, 2004. IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP. Radiocarbon 46: 1029-1058.10.1017/S0033822200033002.
14.
Starkel L, 1998. Funkcja powodzi w środowisku przyrodniczym dorzecza górnej Wisły (The function of the flood in the environment of Vistula river). In: Starkel L and Grela J, eds., Powódź w dorzeczu górnej Wisły w lipcu 1997 roku (The flood in the upper part of the Vistula river in July 1997). Konferencja Naukowa PAN Kraków 7-9 maja 1998 r: 9-20 (in Polish).
15.
Śnieszko Z, 1991. Reflection of extreme events in evolution of dry valleys in loess Roztocze Upland. In: Jersak J, ed., Less i osady dolinne. Prace Uniwersytetu Śląskiego 1107: 119-129.
16.
Śnieszko Z, 1995. Ewolucja obszarów lessowychWyżyn Polskich w czasie ostatnich 15 000 lat (The loess cover ewolution during last 15,000 years in Polish Upplands): 5-122. Katowice.
17.
Zgłobicki W, 2001. Dynamika współczesnych procesów denudacyjnych w północno-zachodniej części Wyżyny Lubelskiej (The dynamic of modern denudation processes in north-west part of the Lubelska Highland). Lublin, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej: 159 pp.
18.
Zygmunt J, Chibowski S and Klimowicz Z, 1998. The effect of sorption properties of soil minerals on the vertical migration rate of caesium in soil. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 231(1-2): 57-62, DOI 10.1007/BF02388005.10.1007/BF02388005.
Share
RELATED ARTICLE
| eISSN: | 1897-1695 |
| ISSN: | 1733-8387 |
We process personal data collected when visiting the website. The function of obtaining information about users and their behavior is carried out by voluntarily entered information in forms and saving cookies in end devices. Data, including cookies, are used to provide services, improve the user experience and to analyze the traffic in accordance with the Privacy policy. Data are also collected and processed by Google Analytics tool (more).
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
