Weichselian till stratigraphy in borings from northern Falster, Denmark

Abstract

A detailed lithological and petrographical investigation of 102 borings across the island of Falster, Denmark, shows that four till‐beds can be distinguished. The borings are on both sides of the recessional ice border line of the G‐stage of the Young Baltic Ice. The stratigraphy indicates that the morphological petrographical parameters show regional significance in differentiating the two uppermost tills. The upper one is referred to the Weichselian Young Baltic advance on the basis of stone counts and till fabrics. The lower one is referred to the Weichselian Northeast advance on the basis of stone counts and the orientation of a chalk floe. In one boring additional till‐beds were recognized, one of which referred to the Weichselian Old Baltic advance, because of the clast petrography and content of reworked Eemian foraminifera. The lowermost till is interpreted as being of Saalean age on the basis of the counts of the tine gravel fraction (3–5 mm). The landscape is dominated by the morphology produced by the Northeast Ice advance, whereas the later Young Baltic advance had only a drumlinizing effect.