MULTIDYSCYPLINARNE BADANIA OSADÓW EEMSKICH I WCZESNOVISTULIAŃSKICH Z PROFILU RZECINO (WYSOCZYZNA ŁOBESKA, POJEZIERZE ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE)

Abstract

MULTIPROXY STUDIES OF EEMIAN AND EARLY VISTULIAN SEDIMENTS AT RZECINO SITE (ŁOBEZ UPLAND, WESTERN POMERANIA LAKELAND)Abstract. A series of lacustrine-fluvial sediments from the Rzecino section (Łobez Upland, Western Pomerania Lakeland) were investigated by pollen studies and magnetic susceptibility and granulometric analyses. The pollen succession indicates Eemian and early Vistulian age of the sediments. The Eemian sequence shows a similar vegetational pattern characteristic of other sections from Poland. The Eem/Vistulian transition differs from a classic boundary between the Eemian Interglacial and the Vistulian Glaciation in Poland. The expansion of Calluna vulgaris associated with Ericaceae signals the beginning of the Vistulian Glaciation. The vegetation changes recorded in the pollen diagram, reflecting climatic fluctuations, have been confirmed by magnetic susceptibility variations.