First discovery of Holocene Alaskan and Icelandic tephra in Polish peatlands

E. J. Watson; P. Kołaczek; M. Słowiński; G. T. Swindles; K. Marcisz; M. Gałka; M. Lamentowicz

doi:10.1002/jqs.2945

First discovery of Holocene Alaskan and Icelandic tephra in Polish peatlands

E. J. Watson^*, P. Kołaczek, M. Słowiński, G. T. Swindles, K. Marcisz, M. Gałka, M. Lamentowicz

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Abstract

Despite the discovery of cryptotephra layers in over 100 peatlands across northern Europe, Holocene cryptotephra layers have not previously been reported from Polish peatlands. Here we present the first Holocene tephra findings from two peatlands in northern Poland. At Bagno Kusowo peatland we identify the most easterly occurrence of the AD 860 B tephra, recently correlated to the White River Ash (WRAe) derived from Mount Churchill, Alaska. A shorter core from Linje peatland contains tephra from the Askja 1875 eruption, extending the spatial distribution and regional importance of this Icelandic tephra in Eastern Europe. Our research indicates the potential of cryptotephra layers to date and correlate the growing number of palaeoenvironmental studies being conducted on Polish peatlands and contributes towards the development of a regional Holocene tephrostratigraphy for Poland.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-462
Journal	Journal of Quaternary Science
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2945
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2017

Keywords

Askja
cryptotephra
Eastern Europe
Mount Churchill

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