文章基本信息

标题：NEW ISOTOPIC DATA ON KARST DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN KRAKÓW-WIELUŃ UPLAND (SOUTHERN POLAND)
本地全文：下载
作者：Helena HERCMAN ; Michał GĄSIOROWSKI ; Grzegorz SUJKA 等
期刊名称：Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
印刷版ISSN：0208-9068
出版年度：2016
卷号：86
期号：4
页码：429-436
语种：English
出版社：Panstowowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
摘要：The Kraków-Wieluń Upland is one of the major palaeokarst regions in Poland. However, the stages of karst development in this area are neither well documented nor reconstructed. A series of samples from a new location in the vicinity of Raciszyn was analysed. On the basis of the results of U-series dating, four phases of speleothem deposition were distinguished (1) older than 600 ka, (2) from more than 600 ka to 290 ka, (3) around 150 ka, and the youngest (4), younger than 3 ka. On the basis of all geochronological data from the region, eight stages of karst development were described. The structure of the oldest speleothems indicates even more stages of deposition and erosion that cannot be recognized using the 230Th/234U dating method. These results indicate that the initial creation of empty spaces in the limestone took place in pre-Pleistocene time. After 600 ka ago, climatic conditions were stable for more than 300 ka, allowing the continuous deposition of speleothems. Several episodes of erosion, deposition of clastic sediments and speleothem growth during the Middle and Early Pleistocene were described. This variability of the sedimentation regime clearly reflects climate changes during that period.
关键词：Kraków-Wieluń Upland;caves; speleothems;U-series dating;karst development