Does the multi-proxy Eemian record from the S?up site (central Poland) indicate a more humid climate at the beginning of the hornbeam phase?

A new site of Eemian organogenic deposits in S inverted iota up (central Poland) has revealed an in termittent record of several phases within this interglacial. Pollen based stud ies of the core S inverted iota-19, drilled at the littoral zone of the palaeolake, indicated the absence of the E2, E3, E6 and an incom plete record of the E4 and E5 zones of the typ ical pollen suc cession. Results of other proxies (plant macrofossils, Cladocera, molluscs, NPPs, isotopes) supported the conclusions derived from the pollen diagram regard ing the high humidity and lake water level during the E4 ( Corylus-Quercus-Tilia) phase and at the beginning of the E5 (Carpinus-Corylus- Alnus) phase, when the fossil lake was most exten sive. Thus, the lack of a record of the E3 and E4 RPAZs was associated with water level lower ing and a less humid cli mate. The results stand in agreement with several other Eemian records from central Poland.