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Radiocarbon Age-Depth Modeling Prevents Misinterpretation of Past Vegetation Dynamics: Case Study of Wierchomla Mire (Polish Outer Carpathians)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Adam Michczyński ,
Piotr Kołaczek ,
Włodzimierz Margielewski ,
Danuta J Michczyńska  and
Andrzej Obidowicz
Adam Michczyński*
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Centre for Science and Education, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego Str. 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Piotr Kołaczek
Affiliation:
Department of Biogeography and Palaeoecology, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Dzięgielowa 27, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Włodzimierz Margielewski
Affiliation:
Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. A. Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
Danuta J Michczyńska
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Centre for Science and Education, Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego Str. 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Andrzej Obidowicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz str. 46, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
*
2 Corresponding author. Email: Adam.Michczynski@polsl.pl.
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Abstract

An age-depth model based on radiocarbon dates was produced from a Holocene profile collected from a rich fen situated in the Beskid Sądecki Mountains (the Outer Western Carpathians, southern Poland). The model is compared against the results of palynological and loss on ignition (LOI) analyses supplemented by the identification of organic deposits. Five distinct palynological episodes are detected. These potential palynological age markers are critically compared with the results of age-depth modeling and other dated profiles. The results presented distinctly show that using palynological episodes as age markers for age-depth construction may be highly misleading.

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Paleoclimatology and Paleohydrology
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Radiocarbon , Volume 55 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 21st International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 2 of 2) , 2013 , pp. 1724 - 1734
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Copyright © 2013 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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