<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article addresses the southern sector of the Curonian Spit, the largest coastal barrier of the Baltic Sea. A comparative analysis of the deposits that make up parts of the Curonian and Vistula Spits is given. The detailed analysis of the geological and geomorphological structure of the southern part of the Curonian Spit suggests that, within this sector, it is not a sedimentary barrier created by wave action and Aeolian processes in the Holocene, but a part of a pre-Holocene fluvioglacial plain. Field work has shown that the ancient alluvial or fluvioglacial plain is in the lagoon shore of the Vistula Spit.</p></abstract>

This article addresses the southern sector of the Curonian Spit, the largest coastal barrier of the Baltic Sea. A comparative analysis of the deposits that make up parts of the Curonian and Vistula Spits is given. The detailed analysis of the geological and geomorphological structure of the southern part of the Curonian Spit suggests that, within this sector, it is not a sedimentary barrier created by wave action and Aeolian processes in the Holocene, but a part of a pre-Holocene fluvioglacial plain. Field work has shown that the ancient alluvial or fluvioglacial plain is in the lagoon shore of the Vistula Spit.

Structure of the South-Western Part of the Curonian Spit

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This article addresses the southern sector of the Curonian Spit, the largest coastal barrier of the Baltic Sea. A comparative analysis of the deposits that...

Structure of the South-Western Part of the Curonian Spit

Published Online: Mar 02, 2019

Page range: 109 - 122

Received: Oct 15, 2018

Accepted: Nov 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2018-0008

Keywords
coastal barrier, lagoon, erosion, underwater slope, fluvioglacial deposits

© 2018 Ekaterina N. Badyukova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Structure of the South-Western Part of the Curonian Spit

Published Online: Mar 02, 2019

Page range: 109 - 122

Received: Oct 15, 2018

Accepted: Nov 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2018-0008

Keywordscoastal barrier, lagoon, erosion, underwater slope, fluvioglacial deposits

© 2018 Ekaterina N. Badyukova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
coastal barrier, lagoon, erosion, underwater slope, fluvioglacial deposits