High resolution gully erosion and sedimentation processes, and land use changes since the Bronze Age and future trajectories in the Kazimierz Dolny area (Nałęczów Plateau, SE-Poland)

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

DOTTERWEICH, M.

Inst. of Geography, Johannes-Gutenberg Univ., Mainz, Allemagne

RODZIK, J.

Roztocze Research Station, Fac. of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Univ., Lublin, Pologne

ZGŁOBICKI, W.

Dep. of Geology and Lithosphere Conservation, Fac. of Earth Sciences and Spatial Development, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Univ., Lublin, Pologne

BORK, H.-R.

Inst. for Ecosystem research and Geoarchaeology, Univ., Kiel, Allemagne

Description :
This paper presents the results of 40 years of research on the gully system in the Doły Podmularskie catchment, which is situated in the south-western part of the loess-covered Nałęczów Plateau in SE-Poland. Topographic, stratigraphic and pedologic investigations, and monitoring of a tributary gully were combined with historical, archaeological and palaeoecological records. The results reveal a long and complex history in terms of the temporal and spatial extent and the impact of land use on gully erosion, and the long-term feed-back mechanisms between land use changes and natural processes since the end of the Pleistocene. It is shown that 4 phases of intensive gullying took place since the Bronze Age; most of the dissection occurred in the 17th century; the effects of past land use changes left strong negative agricultural potentials.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 2012, vol. 95, p. 50-62, nombre de pages : 13, Références bibliographiques : 80 ref.

Date :
2012

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena

Langue :
Anglais