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Chironomid- and pollen-based quantitative climate reconstructions for the post-Holsteinian (MIS 11b) in Central Europe
Tomasz Polkowski
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Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland
Agnieszka Gruszczyńska
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland
Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, Leipzig University, Linnéstraße 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Bartosz Kotrys
Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Szczecin, 71-130, Poland
Artur Górecki
Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 30-387, Poland
Anna Hrynowiecka
Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Gdańsk, 80-328, Poland
Marcin Żarski
Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Warsaw, 00-975, Poland
Mirosław Błaszkiewicz
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland
Jerzy Nitychoruk
Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, Biała Podlaska, 21-500, Poland
Monika Czajkowska
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland
Stefan Lauterbach
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Section 4.6 – Geomorphology, Working Group Terrestrial Climate Archives, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Michał Słowiński
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland
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Short summary
In our study, we investigate changes in environment and climate that occured during post-Holsteinian period in Krępa palaeolake (eastern Poland). To achieve this goal we reconstructed summer temperature at the time using Chironomidae larvae head capsules and pollen data. This is first research from Central Europe with both chironomids and pollen used to trace climate change through post-Holsteinian period. We hope to encourage scientific community to carry out further research in the region.
In our study, we investigate changes in environment and climate that occured during...
