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Acta Geologica Polonica

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Acta Geologica Polonica publishes original papers on all aspects of geology. These papers must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, in entirety or in part. The articles should be of moderate length (up to 80 manuscript pages). Longer manuscripts may be accepted but authors should consult the editor before submitting these.

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Editor-in-Chief

Piotr Łuczyński, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Editors

Piotr Łuczyński, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Anna Żylińska, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

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Bogusław Bagiński, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Andrzej Konon, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Ewa Krogulec, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Editorial Board

Zdzisław Bełka, Isotope Laboratory, Adam Mickiewicz University, Krygowskiego Str. 10, PL-61-680 Poznań, Poland

Olaf Elicki, Geological Institute, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg University), Bernhard-von-Cotta Str. 2, 09599 Freiberg, Germany

Jerzy Fedorowski, Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Krygowskiego Str. 12, PL-61-680 Poznań, Poland

Peter J. Harries, NC State University, 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695-7102, United States

John W.M. Jagt, Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, de Bosquetplein 6, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, Netherlands

William James Kennedy, Oxford University, Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, OX1 3PW Oxford, United Kingdom

Jacek Matyszkiewicz, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Str. 30, PL-30-059 Kraków, Poland

Stanislaw Mazur, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Senacka Str. 1, PL-31-002 Kraków, Poland

Jozef Michalik, Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta Str. 9, SK-840-05, Bratislava, Slovakia

Nestor Oszczypko, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa Str. 3a, PL-30-387 Kraków, Poland

Grzegorz Racki, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska Str. 60, PL-41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland

Ewa Słaby, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Str. 51/55, PL-00-818 Warszawa, Poland

Michał Szulczewski, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Susan Turner, Queensland Museum, 122 Gerler Rd., Hendra 4101, Queensland, Australia

Alfred Uchman, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa Str. 3a, PL-30-387 Kraków, Poland

Ireneusz Walaszczyk, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury Str. 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

Markus Wilmsen, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany

Andrzej Ryszard Żelaźniewicz, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Podwale Str. 75, PL-50-449 Wrocław, Poland

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Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2

1 Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the main lignite-rich grabens in Poland. Part 2. Tectonics versus autocompaction and compaction

Marek Widera

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e7 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150000

Keywords: Peat-to-lignite autocompaction Peat-to-lignite compaction Lignite deposit Tectonic subsidence Tectonic uplift

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This paper is a continuation of the previous one (Widera, 2024. Acta Geologica Polonica, 74 (1), e2). A new, alternative interpretation of the tectonic development of two lignite-rich deposits in the Lubstów and Kleszczów grabens in central Poland is presented. The maximum thickness of lignite mined from both deposits is >86 and >250 m, respectively. These grabens were selected for detailed tectonic analysis because syn-depositional or post-depositional tectonic uplift is undeniably evident. The current study focuses on the distinction between tectonic subsidence/uplift and autocompactional subsidence, and on the timing of their occurrence. Such a research approach allows for the presentation of new conceptual models of Cenozoic tectonic evolution during the formation of the third, very thick, Ścinawa lignite seam (ŚLS-3) and the second Lusatian lignite seam (LLS-2). As a result, it is shown here that the magnitude of both the downward and upward tectonic movements are significantly smaller than previously thought. This new interpretation is also confirmed by the low rank of lignite coalification and the net calorific value of the ŚLS-3 and LLS-2.

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Authors and Affiliations

Marek Widera

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Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Krygowskiego 12, 61-680 Poznań, Poland

2 Correlation of the Coniacian and Santonian stages of the Upper Cretaceous in the Anglo-Paris Basin

Andrew Scott Gale

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e8 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150001

Keywords: Coniacian Santonian Chalk Southern England Northern France

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The correlation of the Coniacian and Santonian chalks of the Anglo-Paris Basin is described on the basis of detailed lithological logs and extensive records of macrofossils and microcrinoids. In the almost complete absence of ammonites, inoceramid bivalves afford the highest resolution correlation of these stages in chalks, but their value here is limited by the absence of key genera and species, most notably in the Upper Coniacian and middle and Upper Santonian. Echinoids and other macrofossils (brachiopods, stalked crinoids, belemnites) have proved useful, but many are long-ranging or uncommon. Some marker beds, including flints and marl seams, provide useful correlations across the basin, but are locally absent. For the Upper Santonian, the stemless benthonic crinoids Uintacrinus and Marsupites provide high-resolution correlation, both within the basin and to other regions. The successions on the basin margins, in the far north of France (Nord, Pas de Calais) and the southwest (Touraine) are condensed and yield ammonites in association with important inoceramid species. The controls on sedimentation caused by sea-level changes are evaluated on a basinal and global scale, most especially for the Upper Santonian.

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Authors and Affiliations

Andrew Scott Gale

School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building,Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO13QL, UK; Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW75BD, UK

3 Spit bar deposits from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) transgressive sequence in NE Bohemia (Czechia)

Alina Chrząstek , Jurand Wojewoda

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e9 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150003

Keywords: Spit bar system Ichnology Rhizoliths Cretaceous transgression Palaeoenvironment Palaeogeography Geodynamic control

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We propose a spit bar setting as the possible palaeoenvironment of the basal Late Cretaceous transgressive sequence in NW Bohemia. A new Cenomanian transgression model for the Bohemian Basin is also proposed. The uppermost Devět Křížů Sandstone, which has been conventionally referred to the Bohdašín Formation, probably represents the middle or lower upper Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous), not the Triassic as previously supposed. We assume that this controversial unit was deposited before the main latest Cenomanian–early Turonian transgression. The spit bars were likely overgrown by vascular plants during their emergence in the late Cenomanian, and then inundated during the latest Cenomanian and early Turonian transgressive phases. The studied deposits had been intensively bioturbated, and the cf. Taenidium suite was recognized for the first time in them alongside the Thalassinoides assemblage (T. paradoxicus, T. suevicus, Thalassinoides isp., cf. Thalassinoides), which are characteristic of the Scoyenia and Glossifungites ichnofacies, respectively. The bioturbated, rhizolith-bearing horizon was presumably a paleosol.

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Authors and Affiliations

Alina Chrząstek

Jurand Wojewoda

Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Maksa Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland
Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology,Na Grobli 15, 50-421 Wrocław, Poland

4 On some Turonian and Coniacian ammonites from the Czech Republic

William James Kennedy , Herbert Summesberger

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e10 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150002

Keywords: Cretaceous Turonian Coniacian Ammonites Czech Republic

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Ammonites, chiefly from the Upper Turonian Prionocyclus germari Zone, the Lower Coniacian part of the Forresteria (Harleites) petrocoriensis Zone, and the Lower Coniacan Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum Zone from the Czech Republic are figured and described, including classic material originally described by Fritsch (1872–1898) and Jahn (1892, 1896). In all, 25 species are recognised, including two, Pseudojacobites sp. and Muniericeras sp., that represent genera previously not known from the area.

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Authors and Affiliations

William James Kennedy

Herbert Summesberger

Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX13PW and Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, OX13AN UK

5 Sub- and supra-moraine loesses in the Vistula catchment (Poland) with regard to the age and extentof the Scandinavian ice-sheets

Jan Dzierżek , Leszek Lindner

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e11 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150007

Keywords: Pleistocene Climatostratigraphy Glacial tills Loess successions

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The study focuses on the geochronology and correlation between loesses and glacial tills in the Vistula catchment in Poland, in an area covered by all Scandinavian ice-sheets and characterized by thick loess successions. The basis for this correlation was a litostratigraphic analysis of selected loess sites in the uplands, which are well-documented in the literature, and the occurrences of loess and loess-like deposits under the cover of glacial deposits in the lowland part of the Vistula catchment, characterized by a much sparser documentation. The nomenclature of loess horizons follows Maruszczak (2001) and Kukla (1987), but sometimes is significantly changed, according to modern Quaternary stratigraphical schemes. According to the analysis, accumulation of almost all loess horizons distinguished so far has been documented in the Pleistocene succession of the Vistula catchment: the oldest – lower (LNd), middle (LNs), and upper (LNg); older: lower (LSd), middle (LSs), and upper (LSg); and younger: lowest (LMn), lower (LMd), middle (LMs), and upper (LMg). In most cases loess accumulation took place in steppe-tundra conditions preceding the maximum ice-sheet development during the succeeding Scandinavian glaciations. For selected sites, the loess occurrence is presented in superposition to glacial tills and interglacial deposits. The distinguished loesses and glacial tills are tied to the stratigraphic schemes of the Pleistocene in Poland (Marks et al. 2016, 2019) and correlated with Ukrainian loess horizons (Łanczont et al. 2019).

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Authors and Affiliations

Jan Dzierżek

Leszek Lindner

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology, Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland

6 The serpulid tube worm Laqueoserpula reussi (Weinzettl, 1910) from the Upper Cretaceousof the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin – an alleged gastropodwhich has turned out to be a characteristic faunal elementof marine nearshore high-energy environments

Manfred Jäger , Tomáš Kočí , Jan Sklenář , Kamil Zágoršek

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e12 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150005

Keywords: Polychaeta Serpulidae Laqueoserpula reussi Taxonomy Cretaceous Bohemia Czech Republic

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The serpulid tube worm Laqueoserpula reussi (Weinzettl, 1910), originally introduced as a gastropod named Burtinella(?) reussi, is described from the Upper Cenomanian and Lower Turonian of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. It had usually been confused with other species and genera before 2008. Comparison with specimens from the type locality of the type species of the genus Laqueoserpula Lommerzheim, 1979 confirms the affiliation of the Bohemian species to this genus. The simple prismatic (SP) ultrastructure of the tube wall of L. reussi agrees with an assignment to the tribe Serpulini Rafinesque, 1815. In the Upper Cretaceous, representatives of Laqueoserpula are exclusively found in nearshore deposits, where they are accompanied by a high diverse marine invertebrate fauna. By its compact, large and robust tube forming a spiral and extremely thick tube wall, L. reussi was well-adapted to live in nearshore high energy environments, where its tube could be encrusted by bryozoans, brachiopods and oysters, and infested by hydroids and borers.

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Authors and Affiliations

Manfred Jäger

Tomáš Kočí

Jan Sklenář

Kamil Zágoršek

Lindenstrasse 53, 72348 Rosenfeld, Germany
Ivančická 581, Praha 9 – Letňany, 199 00, Czech Republic; Department of Palaeontology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, 193 00 Praha 20 – Horní Počernice,Czech Republic
Department of Palaeontology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, 193 00 Praha 20 – Horní Počernice,Czech Republic
Department of Geography, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic

7 Application of palynomorphs and palynofacies in Early Cretaceous paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Shushan Basin, Egypt

Magdy Mahmoud , Amal Temraz , Abdel-Rahim Moawad , Miran Khalaf

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e13 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150004

Keywords: Cretaceous Paleoenvironment Palynomorphs Palynofacies Egypt

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An integration of palynomorph and palynofacies data from the Shushan-1X well is used to infer the paleoenvironmental conditions of the Valanginian to Middle Cenomanian (Cretaceous) section of the western Shushan Basin, northern Egypt. The data obtained contribute significantly to the depositional history of the basin. The low diversity of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages, along with the dominance of land-derived spores and pollen, suggest restricted (marginal) marine environments, in contrast to their coeval representatives from the Tethyan Realm. Open marine (inner shelf) environments developed at a few horizons in the Dahab and Bahariya formations, partly contemporary with the global Aptian and Cenomanian eustatic cycles. These environments were relatively more offshore than those described in the eastern and southeastern parts of the basin. The study of total palynological organic matter (TPOM) has contributed largely to these established environmental settings. It has also allowed the recognition of redox (suboxic to anoxic) conditions and the impact of a large magnitude of terrigenous influence.

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Authors and Affiliations

Magdy Mahmoud

Amal Temraz

Abdel-Rahim Moawad

Miran Khalaf

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

8 The maximum extent of the Odranian Glaciation (Saalian, MIS 6) in the South Podlasie Lowland (SE Poland) in the light of sites with lacustrine deposits of the Mazovian Interglacial

Marcin Żarski , Anna Hrynowiecka , Artur Górecki , Hanna Winter , Katarzyna Pochocka-Szwarc

Acta Geologica Polonica | 2024 | vol. 74 | No 2 | e14 | DOI: 10.24425/agp.2024.150006

Keywords: Odranian Glaciation (MIS 6) maximum extent Mazovian Interglacial (MIS 11c) Palaeolakelands Sanian 2 Glaciation (MIS 12) SE Poland

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Based on the analysis of the geological context and palynological studies performed on lake and bog sediments in the Southern Podlasie Lowland, a new concept of the maximum extent of the Odranian Glaciation (Saalian, MIS 6) is presented for the study area. It is depicted by the Siedlce−Łosice−Kornica zone of end moraines, which so far was considered as stadial-rank or as the Wartanian ice sheet limit. To the south of this zone, near Biała Podlaska and in the Łuków Plain, there occur numerous sites with fossil deposits of the Mazovian Interglacial (MIS 11c). Sites with new documentation, i.e., Wólka Domaszewska, Kolonia Bystrzycka, Przytulin, Hermanów, and Skrzynka are located about 30 km to the south and 60 km to the west of the Biała Podlaska area. Palynological analysis unequivocally indicates the presence of a vegetation succession characteristic of the Mazovian Interglacial. In all sites, deposits of the Mazovian Interglacial are covered by lacustrine sediments of the Liviecian Glaciation (Fuhne, MIS 11b-MIS 10) or mineral sediments of the Vistulian Glaciation (Weichselian, MIS 2) and the Holocene. The sediments infill paleolakes carved in glacial tills of the Sanian 2 Glaciation (MIS 12). The lake sediments of the Mazovian Interglacial and the overlying biogenic and mineral deposits occur in the analysed sites directly below the surface. They are never covered by glacial deposits, which suggests that the Odranian ice sheet did not cover the study area. The location of the lake and bog sites with their geological analysis allow for the precise depiction of the eastern limit of the Odranian ice sheet lobe, which in the study area correlates with the limit suggested in the late 19th century. The Odranian ice sheet did not cover Southern Podlasie.

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Authors and Affiliations

Marcin Żarski

Anna Hrynowiecka

Artur Górecki

Hanna Winter

Katarzyna Pochocka-Szwarc

Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute, Rakowiecka 4 Str., 00-975 Warszawa, Poland
Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute, Marine Geology Branch, Kościerska Str. 5, 80-328 Gdańsk, Poland
Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa Str. 3,30-387 Kraków, Poland