Lithofacies-genetic characteristics of sedimentary basins in the foreland of the Pomeranian Stage in the Drawsko Lakeland (northern Poland)

Ryszard Paluszkiewicz,Renata Paluszkiewicz

doi:10.2478/v10117-011-0027-8

Ryszard Paluszkiewicz, Renata Paluszkiewicz

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Journal: QUAGEO	Publication Date: Sep 1, 2011
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Affiliation: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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Lithofacies-genetic characteristics of sedimentary basins in the foreland of the Pomeranian Stage in the Drawsko Lakeland (northern Poland) The research carried out in the years 1995-98 in the area of the Złocieniec proglacial lake inclined its authors to take a broader view of the operation of proglacial basins in the Drawsko Lakeland (Paluszkiewicz 2004). Glaciolacustrine deposits in the studied lakeland area were discovered by Maksiak and Mróz in 1978. Until that time, the varved deposits at Złocieniec had not been subjected to lithological analysis. The more detailed studies conducted by the present authors in the years 2006-2007 at both Złocieniec and Wierzchowo sites with the help of geo-engineering methods allowed them to show that the two sites with varved clays in this region should be treated as separate sedimentary basins. The basins differ in thickness of varved deposits, in size, and processes responsible for the formation of the rhythmically stratified series.

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Geological studies carried out by Maksiak and Mróz in the 1970s in West Pomerania revealed an extensive proglacial basin in the Złocieniec and Wierzchowo area.In the years 1995–1998 researches were carried out in the Złocieniec region to establish the conditions of sedimentation of rhythmically stratified, varved deposits (Paluszkiewicz 2004)
The more detailed studies conducted by the present authors in the years 2006–2007 at both Złocieniec and Wierzchowo sites with the help of geo-engineering methods allowed them to show that the two sites with varved clays in this region should be treated as separate sedimentary basins
The aim of this paper is to present the lithogenetic dissimilarity of the Złocieniec and Wierzchowo proglacial lakes, and to show that they should be considered as separate sedimentary basins

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Geological studies carried out by Maksiak and Mróz in the 1970s in West Pomerania revealed an extensive proglacial basin in the Złocieniec and Wierzchowo area. The research made possible to state that the area of clays around the town of Wierzchowo could be a separate proglacial basin. The study area included the Złocieniec and Wierzchowo proglacial lakes (the Drawsko Lakeland). That allowed the researchers to make a detailed characterisation of the deposits filling the Wierzchowo (Wierzbicki et al 2011) and the Złocieniec basins (Paluszkiewicz et al 2007). The aim of this paper is to present the lithogenetic dissimilarity of the Złocieniec and Wierzchowo proglacial lakes, and to show that they should be considered as separate sedimentary basins

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