Collective analysis of radiocarbon and luminescence dating results from fluvial deposits in central and southern Poland in the context of INTIMATE stratigraphy

We describe a collective analysis of radiocarbon and luminescence dating results from fluvial palaeoenvironments in various Polish regions (lowlands, highlands, mountains, and their forelands) south of the Last Glacial Maximum line. The study used 484 radiocarbon and 130 luminescence dates, for which summed probability density distributions were constructed using the OxCal program. The analysis is juxtaposed against high-resolution INTIMATE stratigraphy. It demonstrates that discontinuous records of fluvial environmental responses in such analyses reveal significantly more detail than studies conducted at in- dividual sites. A strong correlation was observed between peaks in the probability density functions (PDFs) of radiocarbon dates and interstadial periods. Conversely, accumulations of luminescence dates are correlated with stadial periods.