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<p>From a geological and palaeogeographical point of view, the area of the Adamów Graben in the vicinity of Turek ranks amongst the best known in central Poland, with several opencast mines located here where lignite was exploited for 57 years. These large-surface exposures provide a good opportunity for detailed geological studies of strata of Late Cretaceous to Holocene age. However, the present research focuses mainly on those deposits, forms and structures that have been most thoroughly examined and are best exposed. These are Cretaceous marls and gaizes, Paleogene ‘blue clays’ and the ‘Koźmin Gravels’, Neogene sandstones, as well as the Quaternary glacial ‘Lake Koźmin’, involutions and ‘Koźmin Las’. Some of these, e.g., the ‘Koźmin Gravels’ and ‘Koźmin Las’, are not known from other Polish territories. Furthermore, results obtained by the authors over a period of nearly 30 years also include data on palaeogeographical changes across some Cenozoic intervals, especially during the early Oligocene and late Weichselian.</p>
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From a geological and palaeogeographical point of view, the area of the Adamów Graben in the vicinity of Turek ranks amongst the best known in central Poland, with several opencast mines located here where lignite was exploited for 57 years. These large-surface exposures provide a good opportunity for detailed geological studies of strata of Late Cretaceous to Holocene age. However, the present research focuses mainly on those deposits, forms and structures that have been most thoroughly examined and are best exposed. These are Cretaceous marls and gaizes, Paleogene ‘blue clays’ and the ‘Koźmin Gravels’, Neogene sandstones, as well as the Quaternary glacial ‘Lake Koźmin’, involutions and ‘Koźmin Las’. Some of these, e.g., the ‘Koźmin Gravels’ and ‘Koźmin Las’, are not known from other Polish territories. Furthermore, results obtained by the authors over a period of nearly 30 years also include data on palaeogeographical changes across some Cenozoic intervals, especially during the early Oligocene and late Weichselian.

Geological and palaeogeographical peculiarities of the Adamów Graben area, central Poland

Department of Geology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences

Geologos

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From a geological and palaeogeographical point of view, the area of the Adamów Graben in the vicinity of Turek ranks amongst the best known in central Poland,...

Geological and palaeogeographical peculiarities of the Adamów Graben area, central Poland

Publié en ligne: 14 mai 2022

Pages: 1 - 17

Reçu: 26 janv. 2022

Accepté: 10 mars 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2022-0001

Mots clés
marine rocks, Oligocene clays, Oligocene pebbles, Miocene sandstones, glacial lake, periglacial involutions, fossil forest

© 2022 Marek Widera et al., published by Sciendo

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

Geological and palaeogeographical peculiarities of the Adamów Graben area, central Poland

Publié en ligne: 14 mai 2022

Pages: 1 - 17

Reçu: 26 janv. 2022

Accepté: 10 mars 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2022-0001

Mots clésmarine rocks, Oligocene clays, Oligocene pebbles, Miocene sandstones, glacial lake, periglacial involutions, fossil forest

© 2022 Marek Widera et al., published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
marine rocks, Oligocene clays, Oligocene pebbles, Miocene sandstones, glacial lake, periglacial involutions, fossil forest