Laboratory of Quaternary Research - Publikacijos

Pukelytė, V., Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B. 2024. Glaciomorphological features of the North and Middle Lithuania lowlands. Geological Quarterly, 68 (3): art. no. 31. https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1759

Valūnas, D., Mažeika, J., Pukienė, R., Stančikaitė, M., Skuratovič, Ž. 2024. Inter- and intra-annual carbon isotope fluctuations in Pinus Sylvestris l. Tree rings whole wood and cellulose in north-eastern Lithuania. Geochronometria, 51 (1): art. no. 192785. https://doi.org/10.20858/geochr/192785

Šeirienė, V., Bitinas, A. 2024. Stratigraphy of Late Mid-Pleistocene in Lithuania: the current status and issues. Boreas, 53 (4, SI): 562–576. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12645

Bakumenko, V., Poska, A., Plóciennik, M., Gasteviciene, N., Kotrys, B., Luoto, T.P., Belle, S., Veski, S. 2024. Chironomidae-based inference model for mean July air temperature reconstructions in the eastern Baltic area. Boreas, 53 (3): 401–414. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12655

Vlcek, T., Sarinová, K., Kovácová, M., Sztanó, O., Šujan, M. 2024. Sources and composition of organic matter as a tool for understanding the complex variation in paleoenvironments and the connectivity of an epicontinental basin: The Miocene in the northern Pannonian Basin. Sedimentary Geology, 470: art. no. 106721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2024.106721

Sosnina, I., Šeirienė, V., Grigienė, A. 2024. Holocene environmental changes inferred from palaeobotanical data of Curonian Lagoon sediments. Baltica, 37 (1): 78–87. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2024.1.8

Pukelytė, V., Gedminienė, L., Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B. 2024. Stadial and interstadial deposits of Late Nemunas (Late Weichselian/MIS 2) glaciation in south Lithuania and their interpretation. Quaternary International, 696: 12–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.05.003

Aherwar, K., Šujan, M., Amorosi, A., Campo, B., Chyba, A., Tomasovych, A., Rozsová, B., Team, A., Braucher, R. 2024. Low variability of authigenic 10Be/9Be across the Holocene Po plain parasequences reveals suitability of dating method for highstand deltaic deposits. Quaternary Science Advances, 15: art. no. 100201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100201

Pearce, E.A., Mazier, F., Normand, S., Fyfe, R., Andrieu, V., Bakels, C., Balwierz, Z., Binka, K., Boreham, S., Borisova, O.K., Brostrom, A., de Beaulieu, J.L., Gao, C.H., Samperiz, P., Granoszewski, W., Hrynowiecka, A., Kolaczek, P., Kunes, P., Magri, D., Malkiewicz, M., Mighall, T., Milner, A.M., Moeller, P., Nita, M., Noryskiewicz, B., Pidek, I.A., Reille, M., Robertsson, A.M., Salonen, J.S., Schlaefli, P., Schokker, J., Scussolini, P., Šeirienė, V., Strahl, J., Urban, B., Winter, H., Svenning, J.C. 2023. Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens. Science Advances, 9 (45): art. no. eadi9135. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi9135

Stankevičius, Ž., Zinkutė, R., Suzdalev, S., Gedminienė, L., Baužienė, I., Taraškevčius, R. 2023. Search for the substantiation of reasonable native elemental background values and reference variables in topsoil on glaciogenic and postglacial deposits in a Vilnius peri-urban area. Minerals, 13 (12): art. no. 1513. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13121513

Pukelytė, V., Rudnickaitė, E. Antanas Karolis Giedraitis’ geological investigations in Lithuania. Baltica, 36 (2): 155–163. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2023.2.5

Serge, M.A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M.J., Klein, T., Lagnoux, A., Galop, D., Githumbi, E., Mindrescu, M., Nielsen, A.B., Trondman, A.K., Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Abel-Schaad, D., Akesson, C., Alenius, T., Ammann, B., Andersen, S.T., Anderson, R.S., Andric, M., Balakauskas, L., Barnekow, L., Batalova, V., Bergman, J., Birks, H.J.B., Bjorkman, L., Bjune, A.E., Borisova, O., Broothaerts, N., Carrion, J., Caseldine, C., Christiansen, J., Cui, Q., Curras, A., Czerwinski, S., David, R., Davies, A.L., De Jong, R., Di Rita, F., Dietre, B., Dorfler, W., Doyen, E., Edwards, K.J., Ejarque, A., Endtmann, E., Etienne, D., Faure, E., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Fischer, E., Fletcher, W., Franco-Mugica, F., Fredh, E.D., Froyd, C., Garces-Pastor, S., Garcia-Moreiras, I., Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, G., Gonzalez-Samperiz, P., Grant, M.J., Grindean, R., Haas, J.N., Hannon, G., Heather, A.J., Heikkila, M., Hjelle, K., Jahns, S., Jasiunas, N., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Jouffroy-Bapicot, I., Kabailienė, M., Kamerling, I.M., Kangur, M., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kasianova, A., Kolaczek, P., Lageras, P., Latalowa, M., Lechterbeck, J., Leroyer, C., Leydet, M., Lindbladh, M., Lisitsyna, O., Lopez-Saez, J.A., Lowe, J., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Lukanina, E., Macijauskaitė, L., Magri, D., Marguerie, D., Marquer, L., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Mehl, I., Mesa-Fernandez, J.M., Mighall, T., Miola, A., Miras, Y., Morales-Molino, C., Mrotzek, A., Sobrino, C.M., Odgaard, B., Ozola, I., Perez-Diaz, S., Perez-Obiol, R.P., Poggi, C., Rego, P.R., Ramos-Roman, M.J., Rasmussen, P., Reille, M., Rosch, M., Ruffaldi, P., Goni, M.S., Savukynienė, N., Schroder, T., Schult, M., Segerstrom, U., Seppa, H., Vives, G.S., Shumilovskikh, L., Smettan, H.W., Stančikaitė, M., Stevenson, A.C., Stivrins, N., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., van der Knaap, W.O., van Leeuwen, J.F.N., Vecmane, E., Verstraeten, G., Veski, S., Voigt, R., Von Stedingk, H., Waller, M.P., Wiethold, J., Willis, K.J., Wolters, S., Zernitskaya, V.P. 2023. Testing the effect of relative pollen productivity on the REVEALS model: A validated reconstruction of Europe-wide Holocene vegetation. Land, 12 (5): art. no. 986. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050986

Druzhinina, O., Stančikaitė, M., Gedminienė, L., Vaikutienė, G., Lavrova, N., Kublitskiy, Y., Subetto, D. 2023. Anthropogenic impact on the landscape of the Vishtynets Upland (Kaliningrad region, SE Baltic) in prehistory and Middle Ages: A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study. Quaternary International, 644: 145–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.05.016

Githumbi, E., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M.J., Trondman, A.K., Mazier, F., Nielsen, A.B., Poska, A., Sugita, S., Woodbridge, J., Azuara, J., Feurdean, A., Grindean, R., Lebreton, V., Marquer, L., Nebout-Combourieu, N., Stančikaitė, M., Tantau, I., Tonkov, S., Shumilovskikh, L. 2022. European pollen-based REVEALS land-cover reconstructions for the Holocene: methodology, mapping and potentials. Earth System Science Data, 14 (4): 1581–1619. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1581-2022

Gudaitienė, G., Motuza, G., Stančikaitė, M., Pukienė, R., Kisielienė, D., Mažeika, J., Čelkis, T., Baltramiejūnaitė, D., Šapolaitė, J., Ežerinskis, Ž. 2022. New insights into the medieval history of a non-urban territory: multidisciplinary investigations in SE Lithuania. Baltica, 35 (2): 91–113. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2022.2.1

Daumantas, L., Šinkūnas, P., Rudnickaitė, E., Dobrotin, N., Kisielienė, D., Spiridonov, A. 2022. Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene record of sedimentation and carbonate content in the Zervynos paleolake-dune complex, Lithuania. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 71 (4): 214–229. https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2022.15

Druzhinina, O., Gedminienė, L., van den Berghe, K. 2022. Metals in lake sediments as indicators of human activities in prehistory: Case study of the Southeastern Baltic, Kamyshovoe Lake. Minerals, 12 (10): art. no. 1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101216

Stančikaitė, M., Zernitskaya, V., Kluczynska, G., Valūnas, D., Gedminienė, L., Uogintas, D., Skuratovič, Ž., Vlasov, B., Gastevičienė, N., Ežerinskis, Ž., Šapolaitė, J., Šeirienė, V. 2022. The Lateglacial and Early Holocene vegetation dynamics: New multi-proxy data from the central Belarus. Quaternary International, 630: 121–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.05.004

Mouttaki, I., Bagdanavičiūtė, I., Maanan, M., Erraiss, M., Rhinane, H., Maanan, M. 2022. Classifying and mapping cultural ecosystem services using artificial intelligence and social media data. Wetlands, 42 (7): art. no. 86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-022-01616-9

Druzhinina, O., Gedminienė, L., van den Berghe, K. (2022) Geochemical study of the Iron Age settlement occupational layer and the early Roman Time agricultural layer at Voorthuizen, The Netherlands. Minerals, 12 (3): art. no. 373. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030373

Pukelytė, V., Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B. (2022) Geoheritage as a source and carrier of culture, Lithuania. Geoheritage, 14 (1): art. no. 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-021-00644-x

Bitinas, A., Molodkov, A., Damušytė, A., Grigienė, A., Satkūnas, J., Šeirienė, V., Šlauteris, A. (2022) Reconstruction of the geological history of the Lithuanian maritime region from MIS 6 to MIS 3. Quaternary International, 617: 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.05.014

Harrison, S.P., Villegas-Diaz, R., Cruz-Silva, E., Gallagher, D., Kesner, D., Lincoln, P., Shen, Y.C., Sweeney, L., Colombaroli, D., Ali, A., Barhoumi, C., Bergeron, Y., Blyakharchuk, T., Bobek, P., Bradshaw, R., Clear, J.L., Czerwinski, S., Daniau, A.L., Dodson, J., Edwards, K.J., Edwards, M.E., Feurdean, A., Foster, D., Gajewski, K., Galka, M., Garneau, M., Giesecke, T., Romera, G.G., Girardin, M.P., Hoefer, D., Huang, K.Y., Inoue, J., Jamrichova, E., Jasiunas, N., Jiang, W.Y., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kolaczek, P., Kuosmanen, N., Lamentowicz, M., Lavoie, M., Li, F., Li, J.Y., Lisitsyna, O., Lopez- Saez, J.A., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Magnan, G., Magyari, E.K., Maksims, A., Marcisz, K., Marinova, E., Marlon, J., Mensing, S., Miroslaw-Grabowska, J., Oswald, W., Perez-Diaz, S., Perez-Obiol, R., Piilo, S., Poska, A., Qin, X.G., Remy, C.C., Richard, P.J.H., Salonen, S., Sasaki, N., Schneider, H., Shotyk, W., Stančikaitė, M., Steinberga, D., Stivrins, N., Takahara, H., Tan, Z.H., Trasune, L., Umbanhowar, C.E., Valiranta, M., Vassiljev, J., Xiao, X.Y., Xu, Q.H., Xu, X., Zawisza, E., Zhao, Y., Zhou, Z., Paillard, J. (2022) The Reading Palaeofire Database: an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records. Earth System Science Data, 14 (3): 1109–1124. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1109-2022

Izdebski, A., Guzowski, P., Poniat, R., Masci, L., Palli, J., Vignola, C., Bauch, M., Cocozza, C., Fernandes, R., Ljungqvist, F.C., Newfield, T., Seim, A., Abel-Schaad, D., Alba-Sanchez, F., Bjorkman, L., Brauer, A., Brown, A., Czerwinski, S., Ejarque, A., Filoc, M., Florenzano, A., Fredh, E.D., Fyfe, R., Jasiunas, N., Kolaczek, P., Kouli, K., Kozakova, R., Kupryjanowicz, M., Lageras, P., Lamentowicz, M., Lindbladh, M., Lopez-Saez, J.A., Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, R., Marcisz, K., Mazier, F., Mensing, S., Mercuri, A.M., Milecka, K., Miras, Y., Noryskiewicz, A.M., Novenko, E., Obremska, M., Panajiotidis, S., Papadopoulou, M.L., Pedziszewska, A., Perez-Diaz, S., Piovesan, G., Pluskowski, A., Pokorny, P., Poska, A., Reitalu, T., Rosch, M., Sadori, L., Ferreira, C.S., Sebag, D., Slowinski, M., Stančikaitė, M., Stivrins, N., Tunno, I., Veski, S., Wacnik, A., Masi, A. (2022) Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6: 297–306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4

Valainis, U., Balalaikins, M., Soms, J., Bastytė-Cseh, D., Gintaras, A., Banelienė, A., Augutis, D., Žukovskienė, M., Nitcis, M., Zolovs, M. (2022) Ecological network for species dependent on ancient broadleaf trees using Osmoderma barnabita as a model species: a new approach. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15 (2): 273–287. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12554

Wojcik-Tabol, P., Uchman, A., Kazakauskas, V. (2022) Were Pleistocene proglacial lakes biological deserts? Insights from varved clays in Lithuania. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 594: art. no. 110928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110928

Spiridonov, A., Vaikutienė, G., Stankevič, R., Druzhinina, O., Šeirienė, V., Subetto, D., Kublitsky, J., Stančikaitė, M. (2021) Response of freshwater diatoms to cold events in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene (SE Baltic region). Quaternary International, 589: 112–123. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.017″>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.017

Wozniak, P.P., Belzyt, S., Pisarska-Jamrozy, M., Woronko, B., Lamsters, K., Nartiss, M., Bitinas, A. (2021) Liquefaction and re-liquefaction of sediments induced by uneven loading and glacigenic earthquakes: Implications of results from the Latvian Baltic Sea coast. Sedimentary Geology, 421: art. no. 105944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105944

Šeirienė, V., Karabanov, A., Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B., Katinas, V., Pukelytė, V., Rylova, T., Demidova, S. (2021) Correlation of Eemian sections in Lithuania and Belarus based on palaeomagnetic, radioisotope and palaeobotanic data. Geological Quarterly, 65 (3): art. no. 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1615

Rosentau, A., Klemann, V., Bennike, O., Steffen, H., Wehr, J., Latinovic, M., Bagge, M., Ojala, A., Berglund, M., Becher, G.P., Schoning, K., Hansson, A., Nielsen, L., Clemmensen, L.B., Hede, M.U., Kroon, A., Pejrup, M., Sander, L., Stattegger, K., Schwarzer, K., Lampe, R., Lampe, M., Uscinowicz, S., Bitinas, A., Grudzinska, I., Vassiljev, J., Nirgi, T., Kublitskiy, Y., Subetto, D. (2021) A Holocene relative sea-level database for the Baltic Sea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 266: art. no. 107071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107071

Šeirienė, V., Gastevičienė, N., Luoto, T.P., Gedminienė, L., Stančikaitė, M. (2021) The Lateglacial and early Holocene climate variability and vegetation dynamics derived from chironomid and pollen records of Lieporiai palaeolake, North Lithuania. Quaternary International, 605: 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.017

Belzyt, S., Pisarska-Jamrozy, M., Bitinas, A., Woronko, B., Phillips, E.R., Piotrowski, J.A., Jusienė, A. (2021) Repetitive Late Pleistocene soft-sediment deformation by seismicity-induced liquefaction in north-western Lithuania. Sedimentology, 68 (7): 3033–3056. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12883

Bautrėnas, A., Česnulevičius, A., Morkūnaitė, R., Bevainis, L., Kumetaitienė, A., Ovodas, D., Maciulevičiūtė-Turlienė, N., Sutinienė, L., Karaliūnas, V., Baubinienė, A., Baužienė, I. (2021) Investigation and mapping of the temporary dynamics of the highest Lithuanian outcrop using ground-based measurements and UAV imagery. Baltica, 34 (1): 108–122. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2021.1.9

Felde, V.A., Flantua, S.G.A., Jenks, C.R., Benito, B.M., De Beaulieu, J.L., Kunes, P., Magri, D., Nalepka, D., Risebrobakken, B., ter Braale, C.J.F., Allen, J.R.M., Granoszewski, W., Helmens, K.F., Huntley, B., Kondratienė, O., Kalnina, L., Kupryjanowicz, M., Malkiewicz, M., Milner, A.M., Nita, M., Noryskiewicz, B., Pidek, I.A., Reille, M., Salonen, J.S., Šeirienė, V., Winter, H., Tzedakis, P.C., Birks, H.J.B. (2020) Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29 (1): 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00726-5

Feurdean, A., Vanniere, B., Finsinger, W., Warren, D., Connor, S.C., Forrest, M., Liakka, J., Panait, A., Werner, C., Andric, M., Bobek, P., Carter, V.A., Davis, B., Diaconu, A.C., Dietze, E., Feeser, I., Florescu, G., Galka, M., Giesecke, T., Jahns, S., Jamrichova, E., Kajukalo, K., Kaplan, J., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kolaczek, P., Kunes, P., Kupriyanov, D., Lamentowicz, M., Lemmen, C., Magyari, E.K., Marcisz, K., Marinova, E., Niamir, A., Novenko, E., Obremska, M., Pedziszewska, A., Pfeiffer, M., Poska, A., Rosch, M., Slowinski, M., Stančikaitė, M., Szal, M., Swieta-Musznicka, J., Tantau, I., Theuerkauf, M., Tonkov, S., Valko, O., Vassiljev, J., Veski, S., Vincze, I., Wacnik, A., Wiethold, J., Hickler, T. (2020) Fire hazard modulation by long-term dynamics in land cover and dominant forest type in eastern and central Europe. Biogeosciences, 17 (4): 1213–1230. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1213-2020

Minkevičius, K., Podėnas, V., Urbonaitė-Ubė, M., Ubis, E., Kisielienė, D. (2020) New evidence on the southeast Baltic Late Bronze Age agrarian intensification and the earliest AMS dates of Lens culinaris and Vicia faba. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29 (3): 327–338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00745-2

Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B., Katinas, V., Pukelytė, V., Karmazienė, D., Lozovskis, S. (2020) Till macro- and microfabrics of mega-scale glacial lineations of Musa-Nemunelis Lowland, north Lithuania. Baltica, 33 (1): 85–96. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2020.1.8

Druzhinina, O., Kublitskiy, Y., Stančikaitė, M., Nazarova, L., Syrykh, L., Gedminienė, L.,Uogintas, D., Skipitytė, R., Arslanov, K., Vaikutienė, G., Kulkova, M., Subetto, D. (2020) The Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the SE Baltic region: a new approach based on chironomid, geochemical and isotopic data from Kamyshovoye Lake, Russia. Boreas, 49 (3): 544–561. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12438

Kublitskiy, Y., Kulkova, M., Druzhinina, O., Subetto, D., Stančikaitė, M., Gedminienė, L., Arslanov, K. (2020) Geochemical approach to the reconstruction of sedimentation processes in Kamyshovoye Lake (SE Baltic, Russia) during the Late Glacial and Holocene. Minerals, 10 (9): art. no. 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10090764

Baltrūnas, V., Slavinskienė, G., Karmaza, B., Pukelytė, V. (2020) Effectiveness of a modern landfill liner system in controlling groundwater quality of an open hydrogeological system, se Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 28 (4): 174–182. https://doi.org/10.3846/jeelm.2020.13730

Zinkutė, R., Taraškevičius, R., Jankauskaitė, M., Kazakauskas, V., Stankevičius, Ž. (2020) Influence of site-classification approach on geochemical background values. Open Chemistry, 18 (1): 1391–1411. https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2020-0177

Taminskas, J., Edvardsson, J., Linkevičienė, R., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Tamkevičiūtė, M. (2019) Combining multiple proxies to investigate water table fluctuations in wetlands: A case study from the Rekyva wetland complex, Lithuania. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 514: 453-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.004

Stančikaitė, M., Gedminienė, L., Edvardsson, J., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Gryguc, G., Uogintas, D., Zinkutė, R., Skuratovič, Ž., Taraškevičius, R. (2019) Holocene vegetation and hydroclimatic dynamics in SE Lithuania – Implications from a multi-proxy study of the Cepkeliai bog. Quaternary International. 501: 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.039

Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B., Pukelytė, V., Karmazienė, D. (2019) Pleistocene architecture and stratigraphy in the contact zone of ice streams and lobes in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Region. Quaternary International. 501: 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.10.019

Indriulionis, A., Šinkūnas, P., Mokrik, R. (2019) Estimation of the vertical borehole thermal parameters based on the evolution algorithm using temperature response functions. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 68 (1): 15-25. https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2019.02

Pisarska-Jamrozy, M., Belzyt, S., Bitinas, A., Jusienė, A., Woronko, B. (2019) Seismic shocks, periglacial conditions and glaciotectonics as causes of the deformation of a Pleistocene meandering river succession in central Lithuania. Baltica. 32 (1): 63-77. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.1.6

Gedminienė, L., Šiliauskas, L., Skuratovič, Z., Taraškevičius, R., Zinkutė, R., Kazbaris, M., Ežerinskis, Ž., Šapolaitė, J., Gastevičienė, N., Šeirienė, V., Stančikaitė, M. (2019) The Lateglacial-Early Holocene dynamics of the sedimentation environment based on the multi-proxy abiotic study of Lieporiai palaeolake, Northern Lithuania. Baltica. 32 (1): 63-77. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.1.8

Stančikaitė, M., Simniškytė, A., Skuratovič, Ž., Gedminienė, L., Kazakauskas, V., Uogintas, D. (2019) Reconstruction of the mid-to Late-Holocene history of vegetation and land-use in Petresiunai, north-east Lithuania: Implications from palaeobotanical and archaeological data. Quaternary International. 516: 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.029

Spiridonov, A., Balakauskas, L., Stankevič, R., Kluczynska, G., Gedminienė, L., Stančikaitė, M. (2019) Holocene vegetation patterns in southern Lithuania indicate astronomical forcing on the millennial and centennial time scales. Scientific Reports. 9: art. no. 14711. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51321-7

Edvardsson, J., Baužienė, I., Lamentowicz, M., Šimanauskienė, R., Tamkevičiūtė, M., Taminskas, J., Linkevičienė, R., Skuratovič, Ž., Corona, C., Stoffel, M. (2019) A multi-proxy reconstruction of moisture dynamics in a peatland ecosystem: A case study from Cepkeliai, Lithuania. Ecological Indicators. 106: art. no. 105484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105484

Armanavičius, A., Satkūnas, J. (2019) Application of aerial photogrammetric technology for determination and parametrization of areas affected by extraction of raw materials. Baltica. 32 (2): 202-209. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.2.7

Taraškevičius, R., Kazakauskas, V., Sarcevičius, S., Zinkutė, R., Suzdalev, S. (2019) Case study of geochemical clustering as a tool for tracing sources of clays for archaeological and modern bricks. Baltica. 32 (2): 139-155. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.2.2

Šeirienė, V., Šinkūnas, P., Stančikaitė, M., Kisielienė, D., Gedminienė, L. (2019) Late Middle Pleistocene interglacial sediments from Buivydziai site, eastern Lithuania: A problem of chronostratigraphic correlation. Quaternary International. 534: 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.03.006

Morkūnaitė, R., Bautrėnas, A., Česnulevičius, A., Dobrotin, N., Baubinienė, A., Jankauskaitė, M., Kalesnikas, A., Maciulevičiūtė-Turlienė, N. (2018) Changes in quantitative parameters of active wind dunes on the south-east Baltic Sea coast during the last decade (Curonian Spit, Lithuania). Geological Quarterly. 62 (1): 38-47. https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1389

Taminskas, J., Linkevičienė, R., Šimanauskienė, R., Jukna, L., Kibirkštis, G., Tamkevičiūtė, M. (2018) Climate change and water table fluctuation: Implications for raised bog surface variability. Geomorphology. 304: 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.12.026

Tamkevičiūtė, M., Edvardsson, J., Pukienė, R., Taminskas, J., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Kibirkštis, G. (2018) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) based reconstruction of 130 years of water table fluctuations in a peatland and its relevance for moisture variability assessments. Journal of Hydrology. 558: 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.067

Edvardsson, J., Stančikaitė, M., Miras, Y., Corona, C., Gryguc, G., Gedminienė, L., Mažeika, J., Stoffel, M. (2018) Late-Holocene vegetation dynamics in response to a changing climate and anthropogenic influences – Insights from stratigraphic records and subfossil trees from southeast Lithuania. Quaternary Science Reviews. 185: 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.02.006

Taraškevičius, R ., Zinkutė, R., Gedminienė, L., Stankevičius, Z. (2018) Hair geochemical composition of children from Vilnius kindergartens as an indicator of environmental conditions. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 40 (5): 1817-1840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-017-9977-7

Dietze, E., Theuerkauf, M., Bloom, K., Brauer, A., Dorfler, W., Feeser, I., Feurdean, A., Gedminienė, L., Giesecke, T., Jahns, S., Karpinska-Kolaczek, M., Kolaczek, P., Lamentowicz, M., Latalowa, M., Marcisz, K., Obremska, M., Pedziszewska, A., Poska, A., Rehfeld, K., Stančikaitė, M., Stivrins, N., Swieta-Musznicka, J., Szal, M., Vassiljev, J., Veski, S., Wacnik, A., Weisbrodt, D., Wiethold, J., Vanniere, B., Slowinski, M. (2018) Holocene fire activity during low-natural flammability periods reveals scale-dependent cultural human-fire relationships in Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews. 201: 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.005

Indriulionis, A., Palaitis, Z., Šinkūnas, P., Mokrik, R. (2018) Numerical modelling of vertical borehole heat exchangers performance under Lithuanian Quaternary conditions. Baltica. 31 (2): 146-153. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2018.31.14

Piličiauskas, G., Kisielienė, D., Piličiauskienė, G. (2017) Deconstructing the concept of Subneolithic farming in the southeastern Baltic. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 26 (2): 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-016-0584-9

Česnulevičius, A., Morkūnaitė, R., Bautrėnas, A., Bevainis, L., Ovodas, D. (2017) Intensity of geodynamic processes in the Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit. Earth System Dynamics. 8 (2): 419-428. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-419-2017

Taraškevičius, R., Motiejūnaitė, J., Zinkutė, R., Eigminienė, A., Gedminienė, L., Stankevičius, Z. (2017) Similarities and differences in geochemical distribution patterns in epiphytic lichens and topsoils from kindergarten grounds in Vilnius. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 183: 152-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2017.08.013

Morkūnaitė R., Radžiūnienė J., Navickas K., Gudynienė V., Bautrėnas A. (2016) Assessment of degradation of white and grey dune habitats in the Curonian Spit: a case study of Parnidis Dune (Nida environs, Lithuania). Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie. 60 (1): 75-87.

Stivrins N., Soininen J., Amon L., Fontana S.L., Gryguc G., Heikkila M., Heiri O., Kisielienė D., Reitalu T., Stančikaitė M., Veski S., Seppa H. (2016) Biotic turnover rates during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Quaternary Science Reviews. 151: 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.008

Stančikaitė M., Šeirienė V., Kisielienė D., Martma T., Gryguc G., Zinkutė R., Mažeika J., Šinkūnas P., 2015. Lateglacial and early Holocene environmental dynamics in northern Lithuania: A multi-proxy record from Ginkūnai Lake. Quaternary International, 357: 44–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.036

Zinkutė, R., Baltrūnas, V., Taraškevičius, R., Karmaza, B., Stakėnienė, R., Šeirienė, V., Kisielienė, D. (2015) Quaternary interglacial sediments as possible natural sources of arsenic and molybdenum anomalies in stream sediments in Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management. 23 (1): 60-70. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2014.926909

Šeirienė, V., Karabanov, A., Rylova, T., Baltrūnas, V., Savchenko, I. (2015) The Pleistocene stratigraphy of the south-eastern sector of the Scandinavian glaciation (Belarus and Lithuania) : a review. Baltica. 28 (1): 41-50.

Zernitskaya V., Stančikaitė M., Vlasov B., Šeirienė V., Kisielienė D., Gryguc G., Skipitytė R. (2015) Vegetation pattern and sedimentation changes in the context of the Lateglacial climatic events: case study of Staroje Lake (Eastern Belarus). Quaternary International. 386: 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.045

Baubinienė A., Morkūnaitė R., Bauža D., Vaitkevičius G., Petrošius R. (2015) Aspects and methods in reconstructing the medieval terrain and deposits in Vilnius. Quaternary International. 386: 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.068

Bitinas A., Katinas V., Gibbard P.L., Saarmann S., Damušytė, A., Rudnickaitė E., Baltrūnas V., Satkūnas J. (2015) The problem of the lower boundary of the Pleistocene in Eastern Lithuania. Quaternary International.386: 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.041

Veski S., Seppä H., Stančikaitė M., Zernitskaya V., Reitalu T., Gryguc G., Heinsalu A., Stivrins N., Amon L., Vassiljev J., Heiri O. (2015) Quantitative summer and winter temperature reconstructions from pollen and chironomid data between 15 and 8 ka BP in the Baltic-Belarus area. Quaternary International. 388: 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.059

Baltrūnas V., Karmaza B., Zinkutė R., Katinas V., Paškauskas S., Pukelytė V. (2015) Inferences from geochemical characteristics of the upper part of the Middle Pleistocene interglacial deposits in Lithuania. Baltica. 28 (2): 89-108. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2015.28.09

Kabailienė M., Vaikutienė G., Macijauskaitė L., Rudnickaitė E., Guobytė R., Kisielienė D., Gryguc G., Mažeika J., Motuza G., Šinkūnas P. (2015) Lateglacial and Holocene environmental history in the area of Samogitian Upland (NW Lithuania). Baltica. 28 (2): 163-178. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2015.28.14

Baltrūnas V., Maksimov F.E., Kuznetsov V.Y., Karmaza B., Katinas V. (2015) Geochronology and palaeomagnetic records of the Snaigupele section in South Lithuania. Geochronometria. 42 (1): 172-181. https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0018

Baltrūnas, V., Zinkutė, R., Šeirienė, V., Karmaza, B., Katinas, V., Kisielienė, D., Stakėnienė, R., Pukelytė V. (2014) The earliest Pleistocene interglacials in Lithuania in the context of global environmental change. Geological Quarterly. 58 (1): 145-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1148

Šeirienė, V., Kühl, N., Kisielienė, D. (2014) Quantitative reconstruction of climate variability during the Eemian (Merkinė) and Weichselian (Nemunas) in Lithuania. Quaternary Research. 82 (1): 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.04.004

Baltrūnas, V., Waller, R.I., Kazakauskas, V., Paškauskas, S., Katinas, V. (2014) A comparative case study of subglacial bedforms in northern Lithuania and south-eastern Iceland. Baltica, 27 (2): 75-92.

Feurdean, A., Persoiu, A., Tantau, L., Stevens, T., Magyari, E.K., Onac, B.P., Markovic, S., Andric, M., Connor, S., Farcas, S., Galka, M., Gaudeny, T., Hoek, W., Kolaczek, P., Kunes, P., Lamentowicz, M., Marinova, E., Michczynska, D.J., Persoiu, I., Plociennik, M., Slowinski, M., Stančikaitė, M., Sumegi, P., Svensson, A., Tamas, T., Timar, A., Tonkov, S., Toth, M., Veski, S., Willis, K.J., Zernitskaya, V. (2014) Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews. 106 (SI): 206-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.003

Baltrūnas, V., Zinkutė, R., Šeirienė, V., Katinas, V., Karmaza, B., Kisielienė, D., Taraškevičius, R., Lagunavičienė, L. (2013) Sedimentary environment changes during the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition as recorded by the Daumantai sections in Lithuania. Geological quarterly. 57 (1): 45–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1076

Baltrūnas, V., Šeirienė, V., Molodkov, A., Zinkutė, R., Katinas, V., Karmaza, B., Kisielienė, D., Petrošius, R., Taraškevičius, R., Piličiauskas, G., Schmölcke, U., Heinrich, D. (2013) Depositional environment and climate changes during the late Pleistocene as recorded by the Netiesos section in southern Lithuania. Quaternary international. 292: 136–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.038

Gaigalas, A., Pazdur, A., Michczyński, A., Pawlyta, J., Kleišmantas, A., Melešytė, M., Rudnickaitė, E., Kazakauskas, V., Vainorius, J. (2013) Peculiarities of sedimentation conditions in the oxbow lakes of Dubysa River (Lithuania). Geochronometria. 40 (1): 22–32. https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-012-0025-1

Balakauskas, L., Taminskas, J., Mažeika, J., Stančikaitė, M. (2013) Lateglacial and early-Holocene palaeohydrological changes in the upper reaches of the Ūla River : an example from southeastern Lithuania. The Holocene, 23 (1): 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612455552

Stančikaitė, M., Bliujienė, A., Kisielienė, D., Mažeika, J., Taraškevičius, R., Messalc, S., Szwarczewski, P., Kusiak, J., Stakėnienė, R. (2013) Population history and palaeoenvironment in the Skomantai archaeological site, West Lithuania : two thousand years. Quaternary international. 308: 190–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.2108

Karmazienė, D., Karmaza, B., Baltrūnas, V. (2013) Glacial geology of North Lithuanian ice marginal ridge and surrounding plains. Baltica. 26 (1): 57-70. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2013.26.07

Gryguc, G., Kisielienė, D., Stančikaitė, M., Šeirienė, V., Skuratovič, Ž., Vaitkevičius, V., Gaidamavičius, A. (2013) Holocene sediment record from Briaunis palaeolake, Eastern Lithuania : history of sedimentary environment and vegetation dynamics. Baltica. 26 (2): 121-136. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2013.26.13

Dūdaitė, J., Baltrėnaitė, E., Úbeda, X., Tamkevičiūtė, M. (2013) Temperature effects on the ash properties of pine and maple leaf litter : a laboratory study. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 12 (11): 2107-2116.

Piličiauskas, G., Mažeika, J., Gaidamavičius, A., Vaikutienė, G., Bitinas, A., Skuratovič, Ž., Stančikaitė, M. (2012) New archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and 14C data from the Šventoji Neolithic Sites, NW Lithuania. Radiocarbon. 54 (3–4): 1017–1031. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200047640

Kisielienė, D., Masiulienė, I., Daugnora, L., Stančikaitė, M., Mažeika, J., Vaikutienė, G., Petrošius, R. (2012) History of the environment and population of the old town of Klaipėda, Western Lithuania : multidisciplinary approach to the last millennium. Radiocarbon. 54 (3–4): 1003–1015. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200047639

Taraškevičius, R., Stančikaitė, M., Bliujienė, A., Stakėnienė, R., Zinkutė, R., Kusiak, J. (2012) Search for geochemical indicators of pre-urban habitation sites : case study from the Skomantai hill-fort and settlement, western Lithuania. Geochemistry : exploration, environment, analysis. 12 (4): 265–275. https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2012-123

Salonen, J. S., Ilvonen, L., Seppä, H., Holmström, L., Telford, R. J., Gaidamavičius, A., Stančikaitė, M., Subetto, D. (2012) Comparing different calibration methods (WA/WA-PLS regression and Bayesian modelling) and different-sized calibration sets in pollen-based quantitative climate reconstruction. The Holocene, 22 (4): 413–424. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611425548

Marcinkonis, S., Karmaza, B., Booth, C. A. (2012) Geochemistry of freshwater calcareous sediments and longevity impacts of their application to acidic soils of easter Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management. 20 (4): 285-291. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2012.656646

Poškienė B., Baltrūnas V. 2011. Museum expositions and stocks as a part of information resources. Baltica, Vol. 24, Special Issue. Geosciences in Lithuania: challenges and perspectives, p. 69–72.

Baltrūnas V., Karmaza B. 2011. Investigations of glacial deposits for reconstruction of palaeogeographical and palaeoglaciological environments. Baltica, Vol. 24, Special Issue. Geosciences in Lithuania: challenges and perspectives, p. 103–108.

Pukelytė-Baltrūnienė V. (2011) The research of old continental dunes of Lithuania. Baltica. 24 (SI): 147–150

Morkūnaitė, R. (2011) Investigation of coastal dunes of Lithuania in historical retrospective. Baltica. 24 (SI): 143–146.

Baltrūnas V., Valiūnas J., Šliaupa A., Bagdanavičiūtė I. (2011) Environmental geological mapping for territorial planning. Baltica. 24 (SI): 55–60.

Šeirienė, V., Stančikaitė, M., Kisielienė, D. (2011) Development of palaeobotanical studies at the Institute of Geology and Geography. Baltica. 24 (SI): 43–46.

Česnulevičius, A., Švedas, K., Morkūnaitė, R., Paškauskas, S., Pukelytė, V., Vekeriotienė, I., Karmazienė, D. (2011) Lithuania’s geomorphology development in the 20th century in the context of global ideas. Baltica. 24 (SI): 19–22.

Stančikaitė, M. (2011) Decade of changes at the Institute of Geology and Geography (2001-2011). Baltica. 24 (SI): 13–18.

Grigelis, A., Baltrūnas, V. (2011) Geosciences in Lithuania: Challenges and Perspectives Introduction. Baltica. 24 (SI): 3–6.

Morkūnaitė, R., Baužienė, I., Česnulevičius, A. (2011) Parabolic dunes and soils of the Curonian Spit, south-eastern Baltic Sea coast. Baltica. 24 (2): 95–106.

Gaidamavičius, A., Stančikaitė, M., Kisielienė, D., Mažeika, J., Gryguč, G. (2011) Post-glacial vege tation and environment of the Labanoras Region, East Lithuania : implications for regional history. Geological quarterly. 55 (3): 269–284.

Stančikaitė, M., Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B., Karmazienė D., Molodkov, A., Ostrauskas, T., Obukhovsky, V., Sidorowich, W., Motuzko, A. (2011) The Late Glacial history of Gornitsa foreland and Kovaltsy Palaeolithic site, W Belarus. Baltica. 24 (1): 25-36.

Raukas, A., Stankowski, W. T. J., Zelčs, V., Šinkūnas, P. (2010) Chronology of the last deglaciation in the Southeastern Baltic region on the basis of recent OSL dates. Geochronometria. 36: 47–54. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-010-0011-7

Baltrūnas, V., Karmaza, B., Molodkov, A., Šinkūnas, P., Švedas, K., Zinkutė, R. (2010) Structure, formation and geochronology of the late Pleistocene and Holocene cover deposits in South-Eastern Lithuania. Sedimentary geology. 231 (3-4): 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.08.007