RESEARCH PAPER
Chronostratigraphy of the Late Glacial Żabinko site (western Poland) and investigation
of the dose rate variability
1
Institute of Physics/Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
2
Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Submission date: 2023-07-18
Acceptance date: 2024-06-06
Online publication date: 2024-08-14
Publication date: 2024-08-14
Corresponding author
Agnieszka Szymak
Institute of Physics/Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Institute of Physics/Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Geochronometria 2024;51(1)
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ABSTRACT
The Żabinko exposure (western Poland) reveals the classic fluvio-aeolian succession
known from studies in the European Sand Belt. Previous chronostratigraphic studies
were mainly based on uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from organic sediments and
thermoluminescence dating. The picture visible from these studies indicated a number
of discrepancies between these methods. The new research in this exposure was
based on optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and calibrated radiocarbon
dates. The results obtained indicate a general discrepancy between the results
achieved by these two methods. While the radiocarbon dates provide some meaningful
picture and allow correlation with previous studies, the results of OSL dating do not
allow for a chronological model of sedimentary processes. The OSL dates show large
inversions of the results and are clearly younger than the other dating results. Detailed
analysis of OSL measurements shows radioactive disequilibrium and variability linked
to differential stratification of sediments, significantly impacting the assessment of
environmental dose rates. We believe that this atypical variability is presumably the
result of postdepositional processes, such as changes in groundwater levels, chemical
weathering and radionuclide migration.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The presented results were obtained with the support of the Polish National Science Centre, contract numbers: 2018/30/E/ST10/00616, 2021/41/N/ST10/00169 and with the support for young scientists in the Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, 2023: 14/020/BKM/0037.
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