The age of the oldest Scandinavian glaciations in mid-eastern Poland and southwestern Belarus

Authors

  • Leszek Lindner Institute of Geology, Warsaw University, Żwirki i Wigury 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa
  • Barbara Marciniak Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warszawa
  • Alexander A. Sanko Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kuprevich 7, 220141 Minsk
  • Galina K. Khursevich Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kuprevich 7, 220141 Minsk

Keywords:

Poland, Belarus, Early Pleistocene, Scandinavian glaciations, stratigraphic correlation

Abstract

Analysis of type localities of Pleistocene deposits from mid-eastern Poland (Kozi Grzbiet, Łuków, Biała Podlaska and Wilczyn) and southwestern Belarus (Smolarka and Postolovo) has provided a new view on the age, limits and correlation of the oldest Scandinavian glaciations in the area. Integration of  palaeontological data with determination of the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (780 ka) at Kozi Grzbiet and Smolarka suggests that the first glaciation (Narevian) preceded this boundary and had a slightly smaller extent in SW Belarus than hitherto considered. The second glaciation (Nidanian) occurred slightly above or at this palaeomagnetic boundary. In Poland it is the first South Polish Glaciation, a till of which can be traced as far as the Holy Cross Mts. In SW Belarus it is represented by a till to the south of Brest and Bereza, and connected there with the oldest glaciation. 

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Published

2012-11-23

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Vol. 45 No. 4 (2001)

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