Glaciomorphological features of the North and Middle Lithuania Lowlands

• Autorzy: Pukelytė Violeta , Baltrūnas Valentinas , Karmaza Bronislavas

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.7306/gq.1759

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Glaciomorphological features of the North and Middle Lithuania Lowlands are described and interpreted. The ridged relief of the morainic plain in the NW part (Akmenė district, North Lithuania) is characterized by mega-scale glacial lineation (MSGL) forms, testifying to the active movement of the glacier; they do not correlate with the sub-Quaternary palaeosurface. The relief structure of the Nevėžis Moraine Plain located farther south includes areas of obscure MSGL that were affected by glaciolacustrine accumulation and abrasion, glaciofluvial accumulation and erosion, as well as intensive land drainage (amelioration) in the 20th century. Typical MSGL forms in the Mūša-Nemunėlis Moraine Plain and relicts of MSGL forms in the Nevėžis Moraine Plain, as well as patterns of orientation and inclination of macroclast long axes due to mixing of the moraine material (till), reflect the dynamics of the sliding glacier. These features show that the moraine plains of Middle and North Lithuania were formed by an actively moving glacier, which left an identifiable till layer when geological and hydrological conditions allowed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

last glaciation; moraine plain; mega-scale glacial lineation; MSGL; till; Lithuania

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 68, No. 3
• Strony: art. no. 31
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. poz., map., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Pukelytė Violeta

• Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Quaternary Research, Akademijos Str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4913-5657

autor

Baltrūnas Valentinas

• Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Quaternary Research, Akademijos Str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9504-1416

autor

Karmaza Bronislavas

• Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Quaternary Research, Akademijos Str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8423-8005

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).