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Environmental and Human Impact on Gully Erosion Recorded in Fan Sediments: A Case Study of the Vilnius area, Lithuania Cover

Environmental and Human Impact on Gully Erosion Recorded in Fan Sediments: A Case Study of the Vilnius area, Lithuania

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 27 (2023): Issue 4 (October 2023)
By: Ewa Smolska,  Piotr Szwarczewski,  Algimantas Česnulevičius and  Jonas Mažeika  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

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Figure 1.

Location of the research area (A); the studied gullies superimposed on a background of the Vilnia valley (B); gully catchments and the main relief forms (C); and the location of drillings on the gully fans (D)Source: Geoportal.lt [29 October 2023]
Location of the research area (A); the studied gullies superimposed on a background of the Vilnia valley (B); gully catchments and the main relief forms (C); and the location of drillings on the gully fans (D)Source: Geoportal.lt [29 October 2023]

Figure 2.

Longitudinal and cross-sectional profiles of the studied gullies (dashed line - cutting of the fan after building a culvert under the road); m asl - meters above sea levelSource: Geopoprtal.lt [29 October 2023]
Longitudinal and cross-sectional profiles of the studied gullies (dashed line - cutting of the fan after building a culvert under the road); m asl - meters above sea levelSource: Geopoprtal.lt [29 October 2023]

Figure 3.

Granulometry, sedimentological indicators, and loss on ignition (LOI) for the sediments of gully fans I (A) and II (B), in depth profiles: Mz - mean grain size in phi scale, σ1 - standard deviation as sorting index, Sk1 - skewness, KG - kurtosis; 14C dating - cal. years AD; drilling locations as shown in Fig. 1D; a, b, c - lithological units (explanation in the text)Source: own study
Granulometry, sedimentological indicators, and loss on ignition (LOI) for the sediments of gully fans I (A) and II (B), in depth profiles: Mz - mean grain size in phi scale, σ1 - standard deviation as sorting index, Sk1 - skewness, KG - kurtosis; 14C dating - cal. years AD; drilling locations as shown in Fig. 1D; a, b, c - lithological units (explanation in the text)Source: own study

Figure 4.

Relationship between mean grain size (Mz) and sorting index (standard deviation-σ1) in phi scale, with trends for fluvial channel/gully sediments (solid line) and overbank/colluvial sediments (dotted line): drillings 2–7, a - upper lithological unit (accumulated since the seventeenth century), b - middle lithological units (early modern times), c - lower lithological units (Middle Ages)Source: own study
Relationship between mean grain size (Mz) and sorting index (standard deviation-σ1) in phi scale, with trends for fluvial channel/gully sediments (solid line) and overbank/colluvial sediments (dotted line): drillings 2–7, a - upper lithological unit (accumulated since the seventeenth century), b - middle lithological units (early modern times), c - lower lithological units (Middle Ages)Source: own study

Radiocarbon age of the studied fans at the mouth of the gullies (conventional dating), calibrated OxCal v_ 4_4_4 (Reimer et al_ 2020; Bronk Ramsey 2021)

Lab. indexSample, no. /depth [m]Material14C age, years (BP) and error, (±1σ)Calibrated age (cal. AD) for 95.45% probability
Vs-2735Belmonto 3/1.45soil1125±200567–1274
Vs-2736Belmonto 6/1.40peat360±701420–1659
Vs-2737Belmonto 7/0.72peat620±751271–1435
Vs-2738Belmonto 8/0.85peat1390±70540–777
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
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Language: English
Page range: 172 - 179
Submitted on: Oct 10, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 31, 2023
Published on: Oct 31, 2023
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
gully,
fan sediments,
erosion,
settlements,
Lithuania
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography,
Geosciences, other

© 2023 Ewa Smolska, Piotr Szwarczewski, Algimantas Česnulevičius, Jonas Mažeika, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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