<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the morphological-lithological development and operation of dry erosional-denudational valleys located on morainic uplands in the Drawsko Lakeland. A detailed research was carried out on the morainic upland of the Buślarka and Piaski Pomorskie area. A geodetic study made it possible to identify over ten NW-SE and N-S oriented erosional-denudational valleys, clearly marked in the relief. They are small landforms: their length does not exceed 100 m, and the depth of incision reaches 4 m. Their exact morphometric description with the help of GIS methods and a detailed study of lithofacies characteristics of their deposits provided an insight into their operation. They follow a Late Glacial pattern in which Late Vistulian erosion only rejuvenated the already existing older forms.</p></abstract>

The article presents the morphological-lithological development and operation of dry erosional-denudational valleys located on morainic uplands in the Drawsko Lakeland. A detailed research was carried out on the morainic upland of the Buślarka and Piaski Pomorskie area. A geodetic study made it possible to identify over ten NW-SE and N-S oriented erosional-denudational valleys, clearly marked in the relief. They are small landforms: their length does not exceed 100 m, and the depth of incision reaches 4 m. Their exact morphometric description with the help of GIS methods and a detailed study of lithofacies characteristics of their deposits provided an insight into their operation. They follow a Late Glacial pattern in which Late Vistulian erosion only rejuvenated the already existing older forms.

Erosional-denudational valleys and their significance for the reconstruction of the Late Glacial environmental conditions (The Drawsko Lakeland, NW Poland)

Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Department of Geoecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae

The article presents the morphological-lithological development and operation of dry erosional-denudational valleys located on morainic uplands in the Drawsko...

Erosional-denudational valleys and their significance for the reconstruction of the Late Glacial environmental conditions (The Drawsko Lakeland, NW Poland)

Online veröffentlicht: 08. Okt. 2011

Seitenbereich: 71 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-011-0028-7

Schlüsselwörter
erosional-denudational valleys, upland scarps, morphometric features, Drawsko Lakeland, West Pomerania

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Erosional-denudational valleys and their significance for the reconstruction of the Late Glacial environmental conditions (The Drawsko Lakeland, NW Poland)

Online veröffentlicht: 08. Okt. 2011

Seitenbereich: 71 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-011-0028-7

Schlüsselwörtererosional-denudational valleys, upland scarps, morphometric features, Drawsko Lakeland, West Pomerania

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
erosional-denudational valleys, upland scarps, morphometric features, Drawsko Lakeland, West Pomerania