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Authors	Budzyń, B., Wirth, R., Sláma, J., Kozub-Budzyń, G.A., Schreiber, A.
Year	2023
Title	Atomic-scale Th and U segregation into dislocation cores and U-Pb age discordance in xenotime.
Magazine	Lithos 444–445, 107105
DOI	doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107105

Highlights:
•    dislocation cores in xenotime contain U, Th and Si enriched material
•    dislocations are surrounded on both sides by radiation-damaged xenotime
•    transport of U in dislocations network is a suggested source of age discordance

Authors	Skov L., Peyrégne S., Popli D., Iasi L.N.M., Devièse T., Slon V., Zavala E.I., Hajdinjak M., Sümer A.P. , Grote S., Mesa A.B., Herráez D.L., Nickel B., Nagel S., Richter J., Essel E., Gansauge M., Schmidt A., Korlević P., Comeskey D., Derevianko A.P., Kharevich A., Markin S.V., Talamo S., Douka K., Krajcarz M.T., Roberts R.G., Higham T., Viola B., Krivoshapkin A.I., Kolobova K.A., Kelso J., Meyer M., Pääbo S., Peter B.M.
Year	2022
Title	Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals
Magazine	Nature 610: 519-525
DOI	doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05283-y

Here we analyze the genetic structure of a unique Neanderthal taphocenosis in Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai Mountains). We found the group of 11 individuals to be a closely related family that roamed in the area around 59–51 thousand years ago. The mtDNA and Y-chromosome DNA reveal the low genetic diversity of the population and underrepresentation of males. Actualistic comparison with modern hominid populations allows perceiving those Neanderthals’ genetic structure in a similar way as that of modern mountain gorilla, an endangered subspecies. Distribution of the genetically-confirmed bones of the same individuals within the sedimentary sequence points toward strong post-depositional disturbances at the site.

Authors	Zhu RZ., Słaby E., Lai SC., Chen LH, Qin J., Zhang C., Zhao S., Zhang F., Liu WH, Fowler M.,
Year	2021
Title	High-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic intrusions in SE Tibet: implications for metasomatized lithospheric mantle beneath an active continental margin
Magazine	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Volume 176, article 85, 7 Oct 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01843-z

High-K calc-alkaline to shoshonitic suites are widespread and generally volumetrically small but provide key information on magmatic mantle-crust interactions. Limited work has addressed the multi-stage formation of relatively high-volume high-K to shoshonitic rocks. A newly identified, Late-Cretaceous to Early-Cenozoic high-volume high-K to shoshonitic association (ca. 28,000 km³) is described, from the southeastern Himalayan–Tibetan orogen.

Authors	Wudarska, A., Słaby, E., Wiedenbeck, M., Barnes, J.D., Bonifacie, M., Sturchio, N.C., Bardoux, G., Couffignal, F., Glodny, J., Heraty, L., John, T., Kusebauch, C., Mayanna, S., Wilke, F.D.H, Deput, E.
Year	2021
Title	Inter-laboratory characterisation of apatite reference materials for chlorine isotope analysis
Magazine	Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2021, p. 121-142
DOI	doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12366

Here we report on a set of six apatite reference materials (chlorapatites MGMH#133648, TUBAF#38 and fluorapatites MGMH#128441A, TUBAF#37, 40, 50) which we have characterised for their chlorine isotope ratios; these RMs span a range of Cl mass fractions within the apatite Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(F,Cl,OH)₂ solid solution series. Numerous apatite specimens, obtained from mineralogical collections, were initially screened for ³⁷Cl/³⁵Cl homogeneity using SIMS followed by δ³⁷Cl characterisation by gas source mass spectrometry using both dual-inlet and continuous-flow modes.

Authors	Paszkowski, M., Budzyń, B., Mazur, S., Sláma, J., Środoń, J., Millar, I.L., Shumlyanskyy, L., Kędzior, A., Liivamägi, S.
Year	2021
Title	Detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf constraints on provenance and timing of deposition of the Mesoproterozoic to Cambrian sedimentary cover of the East European Craton, part II: Ukraine
Magazine	Precambrian Research, Volume 362, 15 August 2021, 106282
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106282

Authors	Patko, L., Ciazela, J., Aradi, L.E., Liptai, N., Pieterek, B., Berkesi, M., Lazarov, M., Kovacs, I.J., Holtz, F., Szabo, C.
Year	2021
Title	Iron isotope and trace metal variations during mantle metasomatism: in situ study on sulfide minerals from peridotite xenoliths from Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (Northern Pannonian Basin)
Magazine	Lithos, Volumes 396–397, September 2021, 106238
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106238

Authors	Tramm, F., Wirth, R., Budzyń, B., Sláma, J., Schreiber, A.
Year	2021
Title	LA-ICP-MS and TEM constraints on the magmatic and post-magmatic processes recorded by the zircon-xenotime intergrowth in pegmatite (Piława Górna, Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland)
Magazine	Lithos, Volumes 404–405, 1 December 2021, 106480
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106480

Authors	Solovey T., Wojewódka-Przybył M., Janica R.
Year	2021
Title	Hydrochemical indicators of water source and contamination in fen peatlands of varying hydrogeomorphic settings in northern and central Poland
Magazine	Ecological Indicators, Volume 129, October 2021, 107944
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107944

Authors	Cheng L:, Xue B., Zawisza E., Liu J., Yao S., Li S.,
Year	2021
Title	Specific species response of Cladocera to the trophic and hydrological environments of lakes: A case study of a typical shallow mesotrophic lake
Magazine	Catena, Vol. 207, December 2021, 105630
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105630

Authors	Szczygieł J., Sobczyk A., Hercman H., Mendecki M.J., Gąsiorowski M.
Year	2021
Title	Damaged Speleothems and Collapsed Karst Chambers Indicate Paleoseismicity of the NE Bohemian Massif (Niedźwiedzia Cave, Poland)
Magazine	Tectonics, 10 February 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006459

Authors	Sekudewicz, I., Dąbrowska, A.M., Syczewski, M.D.
Year	2021
Title	Microplastic pollution in surface water and sediments in the urban section of the Vistula River (Poland)
Magazine	Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 762, 25 March 2021, 143111
DOI	/doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143111

Authors	Gąsiorowski M., Sienkiewicz E., Ciołko U., Kaucha K., Kupryjanowicz M., Szal M.
Year	2021
Title	Cultural eutrophication of a Central European lowland lake from the Bronze Age to the present recorded in diatom and Cladocera remains
Magazine	Catena, Vol. 204, September 2021, 105404
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105404

Authors	Bella P., Gradziński M., Hercman H., Leszczyński S., Nemec W.
Year	2021
Title	Sedimentary anatomy and hydrological record of relic fluvial deposits in a karst cave conduit
Magazine	Sedimentology, Vol. 68, Issue 1, January 2021, p. 425-448
DOI	doi.org/10.1111/sed.12785

This case study from the renowned Demänová Cave System in the Carpathians of Slovakia demonstrates that the conventional methods of fluvial sedimentology, combined with an allostratigraphic mapping and speleothem U-series isotopic dating, can give unprecedented insights into the hydrological history of underground karst conduit. The deposits studied are a relic compound sidebar ranging from gravel to mud and encapsulating the conduit’s hydrological history from the middle Pleistocene to the present time.

Authors	Sudoł-Procyk M., Brandl M., Krajcarz M.T., Malak M., Skrzatek M., Stefański D., Trela-Kieferling E., Werra D.H.
Year	2021
Title	Chocolate flint: new perspectives on its deposits, mining, use and distribution by prehistoric communities in Central Europe
Magazine	Antiquity, 11 August 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.48

The discovery of previously unknown chocolate flint outcrops in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (only the second known area after that in the Holy Cross Mountains) has undermined our seemingly solid knowledge of the prehistoric economy, which is based on the distribution pattern of this important raw material. The authors present new interdisciplinary research focused on the prehistoric mining of chocolate flint in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, the distribution of chocolate flint artefacts within the Upland and beyond, and methods to distinguish this material from the Holy Cross Mountains chocolate flint.

Authors	Kot M., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Gryczewska N., Wojenka M., Pyżewicz K., Sinet-Mathiot V., Diakowski M., Fedorowicz S., Gąsiorowski M., Marciszak A., Lipecki G., Mackiewicz P.
Year	2021
Title	Chronostratigraphy of Jerzmanowician. New data from Koziarnia Cave, Poland
Magazine	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 38, August 2021, 103014
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103014

Authors	Berto C., Krajcarz, M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Komar M., Sinet-Mathiot V., Zarzecka-Szubińska K., Krajcarz M., Szymanek M., Wertz K., Marciszak A., Mętrak M., Suska-Malawska M., Wilcke A., Kot M.
Year	2021
Title	Environment changes during Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Poland (Central Europe). A multiproxy approach for the MIS 3 sequence of Koziarnia Cave (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland)
Magazine	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 35, February 2021, 102723
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102723

Authors	Skrzypkowski, K.,Zagórski, K., Zagórska, A.
Year	2021
Title	Determination of the Extent of the Rock Destruction Zones around a Gasification Channel on the Basis of Strength Tests of Sandstone and Claystone Samples Heated at High Temperatures up to 1200°C and Exposed to Water
Magazine	Energies, Vol. 14, issue 20, 6464, 9 October 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.3390/en14206464

This article presents the results of laboratory tests regarding the influence of high temperatures on changes in the strength and structural parameters of rocks that are present in the immediate vicinity of a gasification channel. Sandstone and claystone samples were heated at 300 °C, 600 °C, 900 °C and 1200 °C. Additionally, the heated samples were placed in water for 24 h. The results of the laboratory tests were used in the numerical simulation using RS2 software. The main goal of modeling was to determine the extent of the rock destruction zone around the gasification channel for dry and wet rock masses.

Authors	Jastrzębski, M., Żelaźniewicz, A., Sláma, J., Machowiak, K., Śliwiński, M., Jaźwa, A., Kocjan, I.
Year	2021
Title	Provenance of Precambrian basement of the Brunovistulian Terrane: New data from its Silesian part (Czech Republic, Poland), central Europe, and implications for Gondwana break-up
Magazine	Precambrian Research, Vol. 355, April 2021, 106108
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106108

Authors	Tabaud, A. S., Štípská, P., Mazur, S., Schulmann, K., Míková, J., Wong, J., Sun, M.
Year	2021
Title	Evolution of a Cambro-Ordovician active margin in northern Gondwana: Geochemical and zircon geochronological evidence from the Góry Sowie metasedimentary rocks, Poland
Magazine	Gondwana Research, Vol. 90, February 2021, Pages 1-26
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.011

Authors	Mężyk, M., Malinowski, M., Mazur, S.
Year	2021
Title	Structure of a diffuse suture between Fennoscandia and Sarmatia in SE Poland based on interpretation of regional reflection seismic profiles supported by unsupervised clustering
Magazine	Precambrian Research, Volume 358, 15 June 2021, 106176
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106176

Authors	Maitra, A., Anczkiewicz, A.A., Anczkiewicz, R., Dunkl, I., Mukhopadhyay, D.K.
Year	2021
Title	Thrusting sequence in the Western Himalayan foreland basin during the late phase of continental collision defined by low-temperature thermochronology
Magazine	Tectonophysics, Vol. 821, 20 December 2021, 229145
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229145

Authors	Liivamägi, S., Środoń, J., Bojanowski, M.J., Stanek, J.J., Roberts, N.M.W.
Year	2021
Title	Precambrian paleosols on the Great Unconformity of the East European Craton: An 800 million year record of Baltica’s climatic conditions
Magazine	Precambrian Research, Vol. 363, 1 September 2021, 106327
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106327

Authors	Dubicka, Z., Bojanowski, M.J., Peryt, D., Barski, M.
Year	2021
Title	Biotic and isotopic vestiges of oligotrophy on continental shelves during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
Magazine	Global Biogeochemical Cycles
DOI	doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006831

Authors	Botor, D., Mazur, S., Anczkiewicz, A.A., Dunkl, I., Golonka, J.
Year	2021
Title	Thermal history of the East European Platform margin in Poland based on apatite and zircon low-temperature thermochronology
Magazine	Solid Earth, Volume 12, 1899–1930, 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1899-2021

The Phanerozoic tectonothermal evolution of the SW slope of the East European Platform (EEP) in Poland is reconstructed by means of thermal maturity, low-temperature thermochronometry, and thermal modelling. We provide a set of new thermochronometric data and integrate stratigraphic and thermal maturity information to constrain the burial and thermal history of sediments. Apatite fission track (AFT) analysis and zircon (U−Th)/He (ZHe) thermochronology have been carried out on samples of sandstones, bentonites, diabase, and crystalline basement rocks collected from 17 boreholes located in central and NE Poland.

Authors	Bojanowski, M.J., Oszczypko-Clowes, M., Barski, M., Oszczypko, N., Radzikowska, M., Ciesielska, Z.,
Year	2021
Title	Slope destabilization provoked by dissociation of gas hydrates in the Outer Carpathian basin during the Oligocene: Sedimentological, petrographic, isotopic and biostratigraphic record
Magazine	Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 123, January 2021, 104585
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104585

Authors	Barnes, C.J., Jeanneret, P., Ziemniak, G., Kooijman, E., Kośmińska, K., Kielman-Schmitt, M., Schneider D.A.,
Year	2021
Title	Using Th-U-Pb geochronology to extract crystallization ages of Paleozoic metamorphic monazite contaminated by initial Pb
Magazine	Chemical Geology, Vol. 582, 5 November 2021, 120450
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120450

Geochronology of Th-rich minerals is advantageous as it allows use of three isotopic systems (i.e., ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U, ²⁰⁷Pb/²³⁵U, and ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th) for accurate data assessment. The ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th system is especially advantageous in cases where the dated mineral includes an initial Pb component, as ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th is the least sensitive to the effects of initial Pb amongst the three systems. This benefit is demonstrated with monazite from a white mica schist of the Tsäkkok Lens, Scandinavian Caledonides, where three distinct generations of Paleozoic monazite (Mnz single bond I, Mnz-II, Mnz-III) are recognized and dated using laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry.

Authors	Ziemiański, P. P., Derkowski, A., Szczerba, M., Guggenheim S.
Year	2021
Title	Smectite Crystallite Swelling Under High Pressure of Methane
Magazine	Journal of Physical Chemistry C
DOI	doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09720

Clay minerals, along with organic matter, control methane (CH₄) gas adsorption properties of sediments and sedimentary rocks. These natural, high-pressure environments of sediments and sedimentary rocks are particularly important in view of hydrocarbon exploration and global warming. The present study investigates swelling of smectites in dry methane at high pressure (1–60 bar), using in situ high-pressure X-ray diffraction and Grand Canonical Ensemble Monte Carlo simulations.

Authors	Rybka, K., Matusik, J., Kuligiewicz, A., Leiviskä, T., & Cempura, G.
Year	2021
Title	Surface chemistry and structure evaluation of Mg/Al and Mg/Fe LDH derived from magnesite and dolomite in comparison to LDH obtained from chemicals
Magazine	Applied Surface Science, Volume 538, Feb 2021, 147923
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147923

Authors	Marynowski L., Bucha M., Lempart-Drozd M., Stępień M., Kondratowicz M., Smolarek-Lach J., Rybicki M., Goryl M., Brocks J. and Simoneit R.R.T
Year	2021
Title	Preservation of hemicellulose remnants in sedimentary organic matter
Magazine	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 310, October 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.07.003

Cellulose has been identified in fossil material, but the preservation potential of hemicelluloses, which are less resistant to decomposition than cellulose, is generally considered very low. Here we present the discovery of hemicellulose in Miocene xylites (fossil wood) and Cretaceous xylo-detritic coals from Poland.

Authors	Kuligiewicz, A., Środoń, J., Liivamägi, S.
Year	2021
Title	Oxygen isotopic compositions of end-members in a multicomponent mixture: Ediacaran weathering material from the East European Craton
Magazine	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 306, August 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.013

The aim of the present study was to investigate the oxygen isotopic composition of the Ediacaran weathering material from the western margin of the East European Craton. This area presents a unique opportunity to investigate the Ediacaran strata with a minimum diagenetic overprint. Paleosol intervals, containing material formed during the most advanced weathering stages, rich in kaolinite and iron (hydr)oxides, and corresponding sedimentary rocks were investigated. Bulk material and separated clay fractions were subjected to reactions with hot dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate solution in order to remove free iron (hydr)oxides. The obtained material was characterized by X-ray diffraction, chemical analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, and the measurement of oxygen isotope composition.

Authors	Kałahurska K., Ziemiański P. P., Roth W. J., Gil B.
Year	2021
Title	From Colloidal Dispersions of Zeolite Monolayers to Effective Solid Catalysts in Transformations of Bulky Organic Molecules: Role of Freeze-Drying and Dialysis
Magazine	Molecules, Volume 26, April 2021, 2076
DOI	doi.org/10.3390/molecules26072076

We investigated the properties and catalytic activity of zeolites with MWW topology obtained by unprecedented liquid exfoliation of the MCM-56 zeolite into solutions of monolayers and isolation/reassembly of the dispersed layers by various methods, with optional purification by dialysis or ammonium exchange.

Authors	Derkowski A., Środoń J., Goryl M., Marynowski M., Szczerba M., Mazur S.
Year	2021
Title	Long-distance fluids migration defines diagenetic history of unique Ediacaran sediments in the East European Craton
Magazine	Basin Research, Volume 33. issue 1, February 2021
DOI	doi.org/10.1111/bre.12485

Authors	Bristow T.F., Derkowski A., Blake D.F., Berlanga G., and De Deckker P.
Year	2021
Title	A comparative study of clay mineral authigenesis in terrestrial and martian lakes; an Australian example
Magazine	American Journal of Science
DOI	doi.org/10.2475/07.2021.03

Clay mineral-bearing mudstones are a prominent component of ancient fluvial-lacustrine deposits, 100s of meters thick, documented by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, in Gale crater, Mars. Most of the clay minerals documented by MSL are hypothesized to have formed in situ, at or close to the time of deposition ∼3.5 Ga ago, by aqueous alteration of basaltic detritus. Here we study the mechanisms, controls, and timescales of clay mineral authigenesis in a series of lakes with a wide range of water chemistries from the Western Volcanic District, Victoria, SE Australia, as an analog to the Gale crater mudstones.

Authors	Bojanowski, M.J., Marciniak-Maliszewska, B., Środoń, J., Liivamägi, S.
Year	2021
Title	Extensive non-marine depositional setting evidenced by carbonate minerals in the Ediacaran clastic series of the western East European Craton
Magazine	Precambrian Research
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106379

Authors	Tyszka J., Godos K., Goleń J., Radmacher W.
Year	2021
Title	Foraminiferal organic linings: Functional and phylogenetic challenges.
Magazine	Earth-Science Reviews
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103726

Foraminifera are commonly applied as essential tools for relative time control and reconstructions of paleo/environmental conditions. These single-celled organisms leave in the sedimentary rocks two types of fossil records represented by mineralized shells (tests) and their organic linings. Although both types require different preparation methodologies, they should be treated complementary as they represent the same specimens. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and the foraminiferal fossil record is highly biased towards mineral shells. The fossil archive of acid resistant organic linings is highly fragmentary and limited to accessory components within palynological preparations of marine sediments.

Authors	Radmacher W., Vásquez O.J., Tzalam M., Jolomná M., Molineros A., Eldrett J.S.
Year	2021
Title	What happened to the organic matter from the Upper Cretaceous succession in Guatemala, Central America?
Magazine	Marine and Petroleum Geology
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105246

Authors	Pszonka, J., Schulz, B., Sala, D.
Year	2021
Title	Application of mineral liberation analysis (MLA) for investigations of grain size distribution in submarine density flow deposits
Magazine	Marine and Petroleum Geology
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105109

Authors	Bartosz Budzyń, Richard Wirth, Jiří Sláma, Łukasz Birski, Fabian Tramm, Gabriela A. Kozub-Budzyń, Grzegorz Rzepa, Anja Schreiber
Year	2021
Title	LA-ICPMS, TEM and Raman study of radiation damage, fluid-induced alteration and disturbance of U-Pb and Th-Pb ages in experimentally metasomatised monazite
Magazine	Chemical Geology
DOI	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120464

•    Experimentally altered monazite was studied in terms of preservation of U-Th-Pb ages
•    Degree of annealing of radiation damage in monazite increases with increasing temperature
•    Altered monazite (250–550 °C) yielded discordant dates due to up to 99.4 % Pb-loss
•    Linear regressions on the Concordia diagrams show lower intercept ages of ca. 0 Ma
•    Monazite from 650–750 °C runs shows initial disturbance of the U-Th-Pb system

Authors	Mirosław Jastrzębski, Bartosz Budzyń, Andrzej Żelaźniewicz, Patrik Konečný, Jiří Sláma, Gabriela A. Kozub‐Budzyń, Etienne Skrzypek, Aleksandra Jaźwa
Year	2021
Title	Eo‐Variscan metamorphism in the Bohemian Massif: Thermodynamic modelling and monazite geochronology of gneisses and granulites of the Góry Sowie Massif, SW Poland
Magazine	Journal of Metamorphic Geology
DOI	doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12589

In the Variscides of central Europe, the tectonothermal history of a few units jointly assigned to the Teplá‐Barrandian/Bohemian microplate had already terminated in the Devonian. One of these is the Góry Sowie Massif (GSM; Sudetes, SW Poland), mainly consisting of variably migmatitic gneisses with subordinate granulite and peridotite inserts. The eo‐Variscan evolution of the GSM was completed in five tectonothermal stages; however, the timing and pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions of the individual stages remain unclear because isotopic ages overlap within error, and previous P–T estimates have been determined without reference to these ages.

Authors	Ewa Słaby, Robert Anczkiewicz, Katarzyna Gros, Klaus Simon, Gabriela A. Kozub-Budzyń, Łukasz Birski, Hervé Martin, Mudlappa Jayananda, Jean-François Moyen, Milena Matyszczak, Marta Koziarska, Ewa Deput
Year	2021
Title	High-temperature fluids in granites during the Neoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition: Insight from Closepet titanite chemistry and U-Pb dating (Dharwar craton, India)
Magazine	Lithos, Volumes 386–387, April 2021, 106039
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106039

Authors	Bartosz Budzyń, Jiří Sláma, Fernando Corfu, James Crowley, Mark Schmitz, Michael L. Williams, Michael J. Jercinovic, Gabriela A. Kozub-Budzyń, Patrik Konečny, Grzegorz Rzepa, Adam Włodek
Year	2021
Title	TS-Mnz – A new monazite age reference material for U-Th-Pb microanalysis
Magazine	Chemical Geology, Volume 572, 30 June 2021, 120195
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120195

Highlights:

•    A megacryst of monazite ("TS-Mnz") was studied by EPMA, Raman microspectroscopy, ID-TIMS U-Pb analysis, and LA-ICPMS U-Th-Pb and TE analysis
•    TS-Mnz despite compositional variations reveals reproducible U-Pb and Th-Pb dates
•    TS-Mnz is proposed as a new age reference material for U-Th-Pb microanalysis
•    Recommended reference mean 207Pb/235U and 208Pb/232Th ages are 910.42 ± 0.34 Ma (2σ) and 910.7 ± 1.3 Ma (95% conf.), respectively

Authors	Artur Kuligiewicz, Arkadiusz Derkowski
Year	2021
Title	Rehydroxylation of fired clays: Is the time to the quarter (TTTQ) model correct?
Magazine	Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 125, January 2021, 105301
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105301

Water and sediment chemical compositions were investigated in 75 post-mining lakes in the eastern part of the Muskau Arch region (Western Poland, Central Europe). The lakes, originating from lignite and clay surfaces and underground mining activity, exhibited a wide gradient of physical and chemical water parameters. The most pronounced variability in water parameters was observed in pH values, conductivity, and oxygen concentration in the mixolimnion and monimolimnion. In addition, the lakes varied in terms of their trophic status, indicated by their dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and phosphorous concentrations. In general, lakes with higher pH values had higher trophic states, and some even exhibited hypertrophic conditions. The Monte Carlo test indicated that the water pH, phosphorus, DOC, and silicon concentrations could significantly explain the chemical characteristics of sediments.

Authors	Stanisław Mazur, Michał Malinowski, Yuriy Petrovich Maystrenko, Łukasz Gągała
Year	2021
Title	Pre-existing lithospheric weak zone and its impact on continental rifting – The Mid-Polish Trough, Central European Basin System
Magazine	Global and Planetary Change, Volume 198, March 2021, 103417
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103417

Authors	Michał Gąsiorowski, Jacek Stienss, Elwira Sienkiewicz, Ilona Sekudewicz
Year	2021
Title	Geochemical Variability of Surface Sediment in Post-Mining Lakes Located in the Muskau Arch (Poland) and Its Relation to Water Chemistry
Magazine	Water, Air, & Soil Pollution volume 232, Article number: 108 (2021)
DOI	doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05057-8

Water and sediment chemical compositions were investigated in 75 post-mining lakes in the eastern part of the Muskau Arch region (Western Poland, Central Europe). The lakes, originating from lignite and clay surfaces and underground mining activity, exhibited a wide gradient of physical and chemical water parameters. The most pronounced variability in water parameters was observed in pH values, conductivity, and oxygen concentration in the mixolimnion and monimolimnion. In addition, the lakes varied in terms of their trophic status, indicated by their dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and phosphorous concentrations. In general, lakes with higher pH values had higher trophic states, and some even exhibited hypertrophic conditions. The Monte Carlo test indicated that the water pH, phosphorus, DOC, and silicon concentrations could significantly explain the chemical characteristics of sediments.

Authors	Marcin Błaszczyk, Helena Hercman, Jacek Pawlak, Jacek Szczygieł
Year	2021
Title	Geochemical Variability of Surface Sediment in Post-Mining Lakes Located in the Muskau Arch (Poland) and Its Relation to Water Chemistry
Magazine	Quaternary Research , Volume 99 , January 2021 , pp. 290 - 304
DOI	doi.org/10.1017/qua.2020.69

The SC-3 speleothem from Szczelina Chochołowska Cave, located in the Tatra Mountains, was studied in detail. U-series dating and age–depth modeling allowed us to constrain the period of speleothem growth to between approximately 330 and 200 ka, that is, during Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 9–7. The complementary use of stable isotope analyses, petrographic studies, and trace element analyses allowed the identification of warm and wet climatic conditions that were favorable for speleothem growth during MIS 9e and MIS 9c. Unfavorable climatic periods included the cold glacial conditions of MIS 8 and the MIS 9/MIS 8 transition.

Authors	K. Dudzisz, M. Lewandowski, T. Wernera, G. Karasiński, A. Kędzior, M. Paszkowski, J. Środoń, M.J. Bojanowski
Year	2021
Title	Paleolatitude estimation and premises for geomagnetic field instability from the Proterozoic drilling core material of the south-western part of the East European Craton
Magazine	Precambrian Research, Volume 357, 1 June 2021, 106135
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106135

Authors	Łukasz Kruszewski, Monika J. Fabiańska, Tomasz Segit, Danuta Kusy, Rafał Motyliński, Justyna Ciesielczuk, Ewa Deput
Year	2020
Title	Carbon‑nitrogen compounds, alcohols, mercaptans, monoterpenes, acetates, aldehydes, ketones, SF6, PH3, and other fire gases in coal-mining waste heaps of Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) – a re-investigation by means of in situ FTIR external database approach
Magazine	Science of The Total Environment, Volume 698, 1 January 2020, 134274
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134274

Authors	Bartosz Budzyń, Łukasz Birski, Richard Wirth, Anja Schreiber
Year	2020
Title	Nanoscale constraints on a fluid-induced transformation of monazite during postmagmatic alteration – A case of the Jawornik granitoid (NE Orlica-Śnieżnik Dome, Sudetes, SW Poland)
Magazine	Lithos, Volumes 376–377, 1 December 2020, 105777
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105777

Highlights

•Monazite demonstrates different courses of fluid-mediated post-magmatic alteration.

•Monazite transformation strongly depends on a local (micro)environment.

•Replacement reactions formed Th-phases, either rhabdophane or thorianite.

•The monazite structure is resistant to infiltration by K- and Ca-bearing fluids.

Authors	Arkadiusz Derkowski, Jan Środoń, Magdalena Goryl, Leszek Marynowski, Marek Szczerba, Stanisław Mazur
Year	2020
Title	Long‐distance fluid migration defines the diagenetic history of unique Ediacaran sediments in the East European Craton
Magazine	Basin Research, 2020; 00: 1– 24.
DOI	doi.org/10.1111/bre.12485

The diagenetic history of the Ediacaran sedimentary rocks in the East European Craton (EEC) over the area extending from Arkhangelsk (Russia) in the north to Podolia (Ukraine) in the south was revealed by means of the XRD characterization and K–Ar dating of clay fractions, mudstone porosity measurements and organic geochemistry investigations.

Authors	Paweł P. Ziemiański, Arkadiusz Derkowski, Jakub Szczurowski, Marcin Koziełc
Year	2020
Title	The structural versus textural control on the methane sorption capacity of clay minerals
Magazine	International Journal of Coal Geology, Volume 224
DOI	doi.org/10.1007/s00531-019-01814-7

Highlights

•High-pressure CH₄ adsorption was studied using pure illites and smectites.

•CH₄ adsorption occurs in nitrogen-accessible micropore volume.

•CH₄ adsorption sites are located mainly outside of the interlayer galleries.

•Organic and divalent cations allow limited adsorption in the interlayers.

•Textural factors are the main control on CH₄ adsorption capacity in clay minerals.

Authors	Stanisław Mazur, Paweł Aleksandrowski, Łukasz Gągała, Piotr Krzywiec, Jerzy Żaba, Krzysztof Gaidzik, Rafał Sikora
Year	2020
Title	Late Palaeozoic strike‑slip tectonics versus oroclinal bending at the SW outskirts of Baltica: case of the Variscan belt’s eastern end in Poland
Magazine	International Journal of Earth Sciences (2020) 109:1133–1160
DOI	doi.org/10.1007/s00531-019-01814-7

Geophysical and geological data from the eastern sector of the Central European Variscan belt are presented and reviewed in the regional tectonic context. Matched filtering of isostatic gravity, guided by results of spectral analysis, along with other derivatives of gravity and magnetic fields reveal a dominant WNW–ESE-trending pre-Permian structural grain in the external zones of the Variscan belt in Poland.

Authors	Magdalena Krajcarz, Maciej T. Krajcarz, Mateusz Baca, Chris Baumann, Wim Van Neer,Danijela Popović,Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk, Bartosz Wach, Jarosław Wilczyński,Michał Wojenka, and Hervé Bocherens
Year	2020
Title	Ancestors of domestic cats in Neolithic Central Europe: Isotopic evidence of a synanthropic diet
Magazine	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jul 2020, 201918884
DOI	doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918884117

Most of today’s domesticates began as farm animals, but cat domestication took a different path. Cats became commensal of humans somewhere in the Fertile Crescent, attracted to early farmers’ settlements by rodent pests. Cat remains from Poland dated to 4,200 to 2,300 y BCE are currently the earliest evidence for the migration of the Near Eastern wildcat to Central Europe. Tracking the possible synanthropic origin of that migration, we used stable isotopes to investigate the paleodiet. We found that the ecological balance was already changed due to the expansion of Neolithic farmlands. We conclude that among the Late Neolithic Near Eastern wildcats from Poland were free-living individuals, who preyed on rodent pests and shared ecological niches with native European wildcats.

Authors	Wiesława Radmacher, Karolina Kobos, Jarosław Tyszka, Agata Jarzynka, José Antonio Arz
Year	2020
Title	Palynological indicators of palaeoenvironmental perturbations in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin during the latest Cretaceous (Zumaia, northern Spain)
Magazine	Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 112, February 2020, 104107
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104107

Highlights

•Palynofacies are used for palaeoenvironmental study.

•Lower/upper Maastrichtian in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin marked by abundant Leiosphaeridia spp.

•Late Maastrichtian is characterised by marine regression.

•Leiosphaeridia spp. are associated with the regressive phase.

Authors	Joanna Mirosław-Grabowska, Milena Obremska, Edyta Zawisza, Magdalena Radzikowska, Joanna Stańczak
Year	2020
Title	Towards a dystrophic lake: The history of Smolak Lake (northern Poland) on the basis of geochemical and biological data
Magazine	CATENA, Volume 187, April 2020
DOI	doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104262

Highlights

•Dystrophy is recorded in composition of organic matter and phyto- and zooplankton.

•Transition into dystrophy occurred in different lakes at different times.

•Dystrophy is strongly associated with the lake’s size and features of its catchment.

Authors	Alicja Wudarska, Ewa Słaby, Michael Wiedenbeck, Łukasz Birski, Richard Wirth, Jens Götze, Aivo Lepland, Christof Kusebauch and Izabela Kocjan
Year	2020
Title	Chlorine Isotope Composition of Apatite from the >3.7 Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt, SW Greenland
Magazine	Minerals 2020; 10(1):27.
DOI	doi.org/10.3390/min10010027

The study of the oldest surviving rock suites is crucial for understanding the processes that shaped the early Earth and formed an environment suitable for life. The metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the early Archean Isua supracrustal belt contain abundant apatite, the geochemical signatures of which may help decipher ancient environmental conditions.

Authors	Łukasz Słonka, Piotr Krzywiec
Year	2020
Title	Seismic Characteristics and Development of the Upper Jurassic Carbonate Buildups from the Miechów Trough (Southern Poland)
Magazine	Geosciences 2020, 10(6), 239
DOI	doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10060239

The presented study is devoted to the subsurface Upper Jurassic carbonate buildups and surrounding stratified inter-buildup deposits in the hitherto less recognized area, in comparison with other parts of the northern Tethyan shelf in Poland and Europe. The study area is located within the present-day Miechów Trough, almost entirely covered by thick Cretaceous and younger deposits.

Authors	Danuta Peryt, Przemysław Gedl & Tadeusz Marek Peryt
Year	2020
Title	Marine transgression(s) to evaporite basin: The case of middle Miocene (Badenian) gypsum in the Central Paratethys, SE Poland
Magazine	Journal of Palaeogeography 9, 16 (2020)
DOI	doi.org/10.1186/s42501-020-00062-0

The middle Miocene Badenian evaporite basin of the Carpathian Foredeep Basin was a saline lake, separated by a barrier from the sea and supplied with seawater seeping through the barrier or overflowing it occasionally in the form of short-lived marine transgressions. Such transgressions could leave behind marine microfossils in marly clay intercalations.

Authors	Maciej J. Bojanowski; Magdalena Goryl; Barbara Kremer; Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska; Leszek Marynowski; Jan Środoń
Year	2020
Title	Pedogenic siderites fossilizing Ediacaran soil microorganisms on the Baltica paleocontinent
Magazine	Geology (2020) 48 (1): 62–66.
DOI	doi.org/10.1130/G46746.1

Ediacaran siderite-bearing sedimentary rocks from the western part of the East European craton exhibit features typical of redoximorphic paleosols, including pedogenic siderite (e.g., sphaerosiderite) with uniform and negative δ¹⁸O and highly variable δ¹³C values. The siderite precipitated in water-logged soils in a hot and humid climate, and represents a rare example of pedogenic siderite formed before the rise of vascular plants.

Authors	Łukasz Birski, Ewa Słaby, R. Wirth, M. Koch-Müller, K. Simon, Alicja Wudarska, J. Götze, A. Lepland, A. Hofmann & A. Kuras
Year	2019
Title	Archaean phosphates: a case study of transformation processes in apatite from the Barberton greenstone belt
Magazine	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 174, 25 (2019)
DOI	doi.org/10.1007/s00410-019-1560-z

Multiple tools have been used to determine the sensitivity of phosphates from the early Archaean Barberton greenstone belt to transformation. The assessment of the degree of transformation is crucial for verifying data about the parameters of the paleo-environment.

Authors	Helena Hercman, Michał Gąsiorowski, Jacek Pawlak, Marcin Błaszczyk, Michał Gradziński, Šárka Matoušková, Paweł Zawidzki, Pavel Bella
Year	2020
Title	Atmospheric circulation and the differentiation of precipitation sources during the Holocene inferred from five stalagmite records from Demänová Cave System (Central Europe)
Magazine	The Holocene, Volume: 30 issue: 6, page(s): 834-846
DOI	doi.org/10.1177/0959683620902224

Five stalagmites from the Demänová Cave System (DCS, Western Carpathians, Slovakia), spanning the period from 13,000 to 500 a BP, were analyzed for their oxygen and carbon stable isotopic composition of the calcite. The isotopic data obtained from several stalagmites located in one cave system allow us to separate the changes of regional/global importance from the local changes. Oxygen isotope ratios point to dynamic changes in the environment at the onset of the Holocene.

Authors	Dariusz Botor, Aneta A. Anczkiewicz, Stanisław Mazur & Tomasz Siwecki
Year	2019
Title	Post-Variscan thermal history of the Intra-Sudetic Basin (Sudetes, Bohemian Massif) based on apatite fission track analysis
Magazine	International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2019, Volume 108, Number 8, Page 2561
DOI	doi.org/10.1007/s00531-019-01777-9

The Intra-Sudetic Basin, a ~ 12 km deep Variscan intramontane basin, has the best preserved post-orogenic sedimentary record available at the NE margin of the Bohemian Massif. Apatite fission track (AFT) analyses have been performed on 16 sedimentary and volcanic samples of Carboniferous to Cretaceous age from the Intra-Sudetic Basin to improve understanding of the post-Variscan thermal evolution.

Authors	S.J. Porębski; R. Anczkiewicz; M. Paszkowski; S. Skompski; A. Kędzior; S. Mazur; J. Szczepański; A. Buniak; Z. Mikołajewski
Year	2019
Title	Hirnantian icebergs in the subtropical shelf of Baltica: Evidence from sedimentology and detrital zircon provenance
Magazine	Geology (2019) 47 (3): 284–288.
DOI	doi.org/10.1130/G45777.1

The widespread glaciomarine record of the Hirnantian (end-Ordovician) glaciation is confined to peri-Gondwanan terranes in Variscan Europe and, hence, is of little use for assessing the equatorward range of icebergs that calved from the North Gondwana ice sheet into the Rheic Ocean. New sedimentological investigations aided by laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry detrital zircon dating of Hirnantian diamictites from the East European craton in Poland demonstrate that the iceberg pathways extended to subtropical Baltica.

Authors	Bartosz Budzyń, Jiří Sláma
Year	2019
Title	Partial resetting of U–Pb ages during experimental fluid-induced re-equilibration of xenotime
Magazine	Lithos, vol. 346-347,
DOI	10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105163

Highlights:

•Coupled dissolution-reprecipitation reactions affect xenotime at 550–650 °C.

•Fluid-induced alterations can result in xenotime U–Pb age disturbance at 550–650 °C.

•Xenotime preserves original isotopic age record in experiments up to 450 °C

Authors	Paszkowski M., Budzyń B., Mazur S., Sláma J., Shumlyanskyy L., Środoń J., Dhuime B., Kędzior A., Liivamägi S., Pisarzowska A.
Year	2019
Title	Detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf constraints on provenance and timing of deposition of the Mesoproterozoic to Cambrian sedimentary cover of the East European Craton, Belarus
Magazine	Precambrian Research Volume 331

The sedimentary cover of the East European Craton (EEC) is unique because of its low degree of diagenetic alteration that allows preservation of the original “source to sink” relationships. The present study provides U-Pb and Hf zircon data for the entire Proterozoic sedimentary section of the EEC based on samples from five boreholes in Belarus within the Volyn-Orsha Basin, one of the most important sedimentary basins of the craton.

Authors	Kołtonik K., Isaacson P., Pisarzowska A., Paszkowski M., Augustsson C., Szczerba M., Slama J., Budzyń B., Stachacz M.,
Year	2019
Title	Provenance of upper Paleozoic siliciclastics rocks from two high-latitude glacially influenced intervals in Bolivia
Magazine	Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Volume 92, June 2019, Pages 12-31

The Toregua Formation in northern Bolivia comprises a continuous succession of sedimentary rocks containing two glacial intervals related to the onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA).

Authors	Alberti M., Arabas A., Fürsich F. T., Andersen N., Ziółkowski P.
Year	2019
Title	The Middle to Upper Jurassic stable isotope record of Madagascar: linking temperature changes with plate tectonics during the break-up of Gondwana
Magazine	Gondwana Research, 73,1-15.

Stable isotope (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C) analyses were performed on well preserved belemnites, oysters, and rhynchonellid brachiopods from the Middle to Upper Jurassic of the Morondava Basin in southern Madagascar.

Authors	Aleksandrowski P., Krzywiec P.
Year	2017
Title	Przekrój geologiczny Szczecin-Władysławowo
Magazine	Nawrocki J., Becker A., (Eds.) Atlas geologiczny Polski. Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy. 46

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