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The age of the subfossil trunk horizon in deposits of the Warta River valley (central Poland) based on 14C dating

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The present study focuses on investigations carried out in the Late Vistulian succession of the Warta River deposits (central Poland) in which a horizon of subfossil trees was excavated. Prelim-inary conclusions on time record and past environmental conditions of a forest existence determined from radiocarbon dating, pollen analyses and geological evidence appear promising with view of tree-ring chronologies.

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  1. Departament of Quaternary Studies, Institute of Earth Science, University of Łódź, Kopcińskiego 31, 90-142, Lodz, Poland

    Danuta Dzieduszyńska & Joanna Petera-Zganiacz

  2. Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH — University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Cracow, Poland

    Marek Krąpiec

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Dzieduszyńska, D., Petera-Zganiacz, J. & Krąpiec, M. The age of the subfossil trunk horizon in deposits of the Warta River valley (central Poland) based on 14C dating. Geochron 38, 334–340 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0019-4

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