Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich
STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF QUATERNARY TERRACES IN THE DUNAJEC RIVER VALLEY, POLISH WEST CARPATHIANS Summary The paper discusses stratigraphic position of Quaternary terraces of the Dunajec River, Polish West Carpathians, within a number of geomorphic units, i.e., the Pieniny Mts. (Fig. 1), Beskid Sąd...
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ftjgq:oai:geojournals.pgi.gov.pl:article/20533 2024-09-15T18:12:35+00:00 Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich Zuchiewicz, Witold 1992-07-10 https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/pg/article/view/20533 unknown Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - PIB https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/pg/article/view/20533 Przegląd Geologiczny; Vol. 40 No. 7 (1992); 436 Przegląd Geologiczny; Tom 40 Nr 7 (1992); 436 0033-2151 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artykuł naukowy 1992 ftjgq 2024-07-30T03:29:09Z STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF QUATERNARY TERRACES IN THE DUNAJEC RIVER VALLEY, POLISH WEST CARPATHIANS Summary The paper discusses stratigraphic position of Quaternary terraces of the Dunajec River, Polish West Carpathians, within a number of geomorphic units, i.e., the Pieniny Mts. (Fig. 1), Beskid Sądecki Mts., Łącko – Podegrodzie Foothills, Nowy Sącz Basin (Fig. 2), Beskid Wyspowy Mts. and Rożnów Foothills (Fig. 3). The valley sides bear flights of strath, cut-and-fill, as well as fill terraces, mostly of the complex-response type, that have been formed under both climatic and tectonic conditions. These flights include 9 Pleistocene and 2 - 4 Holocene terrace steps, the age of which is still a matter of debate (cf. Table I). A new allostratigraphic scheme has been proposed, consisting of 6 alloformations and three allomembers (cf. Table 11) that are tentatively correlated with the Praetiglian, Eburonian, Menapian, Elsterian-1, Elsterian- 2, Drenthe, Warthe, and Vistulian stages. The oldest Pleistocene terrace treads rise 100 - 160 m above the valley bottom; the lowest ones do not exceed 6 - 8 m in relative height. A glacial age of alluvial cover is evidenced by intertonguing of fluvial and solifluction deposits, whereas climatostratigraphic correlation is enabled by the presences of glaciofluvial material within those terrace covers in the Rożnów Foothills that were formed at the time of maximum advance of the Scandinavian ice-sheet, i.e. during the Elsterian-2 (Sanian) stage. These terrace treads can be easily traced thoughout the valley, up to glaciofluvial fans shed in the Podhale region during the oldest glaciation in the Tatra Mts. The remaining terrace steps may, hence, be classified according to their position in relation to the Elsterian-2 (Sanian) treads, as well as by using lithostratigraphic criteria and considering facies transition between fluvial and slope covers. Future stratigraphic studies should focus on magneto-,pedo-, and palynostratigraphic aspects of both fluvial and slope deposits. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Geological Quarterly |
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STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF QUATERNARY TERRACES IN THE DUNAJEC RIVER VALLEY, POLISH WEST CARPATHIANS Summary The paper discusses stratigraphic position of Quaternary terraces of the Dunajec River, Polish West Carpathians, within a number of geomorphic units, i.e., the Pieniny Mts. (Fig. 1), Beskid Sądecki Mts., Łącko – Podegrodzie Foothills, Nowy Sącz Basin (Fig. 2), Beskid Wyspowy Mts. and Rożnów Foothills (Fig. 3). The valley sides bear flights of strath, cut-and-fill, as well as fill terraces, mostly of the complex-response type, that have been formed under both climatic and tectonic conditions. These flights include 9 Pleistocene and 2 - 4 Holocene terrace steps, the age of which is still a matter of debate (cf. Table I). A new allostratigraphic scheme has been proposed, consisting of 6 alloformations and three allomembers (cf. Table 11) that are tentatively correlated with the Praetiglian, Eburonian, Menapian, Elsterian-1, Elsterian- 2, Drenthe, Warthe, and Vistulian stages. The oldest Pleistocene terrace treads rise 100 - 160 m above the valley bottom; the lowest ones do not exceed 6 - 8 m in relative height. A glacial age of alluvial cover is evidenced by intertonguing of fluvial and solifluction deposits, whereas climatostratigraphic correlation is enabled by the presences of glaciofluvial material within those terrace covers in the Rożnów Foothills that were formed at the time of maximum advance of the Scandinavian ice-sheet, i.e. during the Elsterian-2 (Sanian) stage. These terrace treads can be easily traced thoughout the valley, up to glaciofluvial fans shed in the Podhale region during the oldest glaciation in the Tatra Mts. The remaining terrace steps may, hence, be classified according to their position in relation to the Elsterian-2 (Sanian) treads, as well as by using lithostratigraphic criteria and considering facies transition between fluvial and slope covers. Future stratigraphic studies should focus on magneto-,pedo-, and palynostratigraphic aspects of both fluvial and slope deposits. |
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Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich |
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Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich |
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Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich |
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Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich |
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Pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów Dunajca w Karpatach Zachodnich |
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pozycja stratygraficzna tarasów dunajca w karpatach zachodnich |
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Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - PIB |
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1992 |
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Przegląd Geologiczny; Vol. 40 No. 7 (1992); 436 Przegląd Geologiczny; Tom 40 Nr 7 (1992); 436 0033-2151 |
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