Eemian and Vistulian pollen sequence at Kublowo (Central Poland):implications for the limit of the Last Glacial Maximum

摘要

The Kublowo site is situated in the southeastern Kujawy region, Central Poland, and slightly to the south of the limit of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Vistula Lobe. Late Pleistocene lacustrine and peat deposits found there have been analyzed for their pollen con-tent. The pollen sequence from Kublowo records the longest continuous succession of vegetationpovering the Eemian Interglacial, Early Vistulian and the lower part of the Plenivistulian in Central Poland. In the Early Vistulian two warm (Brorup and Odderade) and two cool(Herning and Rederstall) intervals have been distinguished. The next three climatic oscillations correspond to the Schalkholtz and Ebersdorf stadials and to the Oerel Interstadial. The lack of till or till residua above the Eemian–Vistulian deposits at Kublowo indicates this area as being beyond the extent of the last Scandinavian ice sheet which confirms the reconstruction of the LGM limit as based on geomorphological evidence.