The origin and evolution of small dry valleys in the last-glacial area on the example of the Pomeranian Lake District (Poland)

M Majewski,R Paluszkiewicz

doi:10.3176/earth.2019.03

Abstract

The origin and evolution of small dry valleys in the last-glacial area on the example of the Pomeranian Lake District (Poland)

Highlights

Dry erosional-denudational valleys, as well as denudational basins, are most often the subject of research concerning the evolution of the terrain relief in the late Vistulian and Holocene
Research works conducted in recent years show that dry valleys and/or ravines could have been formed in the Holocene in temperate forest areas even without human impact (e.g. Belyaev et al 2005; Panin et al 2011; Soms 2011)
The studied erosional-denudational valleys developed at the turn of the late glacial and the Holocene in similar climatic and plant conditions

Summary

Introduction

Dry erosional-denudational valleys, as well as denudational basins, are most often the subject of research concerning the evolution of the terrain relief in the late Vistulian and Holocene. Dry valleys have been studied mainly in terms of morpholithology, morphogenetics and morphodynamics (e.g. Gołębiewski 1981; Marsz 1995; Twardy 1995; Sinkiewicz 1998; Wilkinson 2003; Smolska 2007; Majewski 2013; Paluszkiewicz 2016). The fundamental evolution of the Polish Lowland relief north of the Pomeranian Stage of the Vistulian glaciation (PSV) took place in the late glacial and early Holocene (Kozarski 1995; Starkel 2005). Research works conducted in recent years show that dry valleys and/or ravines could have been formed in the Holocene in temperate forest areas even without human impact (e.g. Belyaev et al 2005; Panin et al 2011; Soms 2011)

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