<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents the analysis of organic and mineral sediments filling the depression, which developed over the landslide located at the slope (767–773 m a.s.l.) of Lubań ridge decscending to the Ochotnica river valley in the Polish Flysch Carpathians. The landslide formed in an early stage of the Subatlantic Phase (2490 ± 35 BP). The top of peat is dated at 1360 ± 50 years BP and is covered by 72 cm of clayey silts with some sandy intercalations, which indicate slopewash after deforestation. The pollen of ruderal plants and Cerealia (undiff.) reflect agricultural activity in the surroundings. The fragments of charcoal indicate the age of the forest clearance to the first half of the 17th century. The late forest clearance at the elevated north exposed slopes followed 200–300 years later in relation to the foundation of the village at the valley floor.</p></abstract>

The paper presents the analysis of organic and mineral sediments filling the depression, which developed over the landslide located at the slope (767–773 m a.s.l.) of Lubań ridge decscending to the Ochotnica river valley in the Polish Flysch Carpathians. The landslide formed in an early stage of the Subatlantic Phase (2490 ± 35 BP). The top of peat is dated at 1360 ± 50 years BP and is covered by 72 cm of clayey silts with some sandy intercalations, which indicate slopewash after deforestation. The pollen of ruderal plants and Cerealia (undiff.) reflect agricultural activity in the surroundings. The fragments of charcoal indicate the age of the forest clearance to the first half of the 17th century. The late forest clearance at the elevated north exposed slopes followed 200–300 years later in relation to the foundation of the village at the valley floor.

The reflection of human activity in the sediments of Iwankowskie Lake from Subatlantic Phase (Polish Outer Carpathians)

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organizations, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Geoenvironmental Research, Św. Jana 22, 31-018, Kraków, Poland

Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Science, A. Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland

Institute for Natural Management, NAS of Belarus, F. Skorynu Str. 10, 220114, Minsk, Belarus

Geochronometria

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The paper presents the analysis of organic and mineral sediments filling the depression, which developed over the landslide located at the slope (767–773 m...

The reflection of human activity in the sediments of Iwankowskie Lake from Subatlantic Phase (Polish Outer Carpathians)

Pubblicato online: 01 ott 2014

Pagine: 377 - 391

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0172-z

Parole chiave
landslide peat bog, palaeoenvironmental interpretation, human activity, Subatlantic Phase, Lubań Range, Polish Outer Carpathians

© 2013 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The reflection of human activity in the sediments of Iwankowskie Lake from Subatlantic Phase (Polish Outer Carpathians)

Pubblicato online: 01 ott 2014

Pagine: 377 - 391

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0172-z

Parole chiavelandslide peat bog, palaeoenvironmental interpretation, human activity, Subatlantic Phase, Lubań Range, Polish Outer Carpathians

© 2013 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
landslide peat bog, palaeoenvironmental interpretation, human activity, Subatlantic Phase, Lubań Range, Polish Outer Carpathians