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Elsterian ice sheet dynamics in a topographically varied area (southern part of the Racibórz–Oświęcim Basin and its vicinity, southern Poland)

Salamon T.

Geological Quarterly

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2017

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Vol. 61, No. 2

465--479

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During the Elsterian Glaciation, the Scandinavian Ice Sheet, before reaching its maximum extent, advanced over the mountainous foreland of Southern Poland, which was characterized by a substrate of increasingly varied relief. One such area was the hilly Rybnik Plateau of the southern part of the Racibórz–Oświęcim Basin, located directly north of the Ostrava Basin and Moravian Gate, where the ice sheet advanced far south and formed a large lobe. In this study, till from the Łaziska site, located in southern part of the Rybnik Plateau, was analysed and interpreted. The till was deposited at the top of an W–E oriented ridge composed of Neogene clays. The study indicates that a high basal water pressure occurred at the base of the ice sheet, favouring a basal mechanism of ice sheet movement. Till fabric and kinematic structures indicate that ice flowed easily from the west over the ridge, parallel to its axis. Reconstructed patterns of ice flow direction reflect an ice sheet that was characterized by a strong spatially varied dynamics. The Odra Valley was the main corridor of fast flowing ice to the Ostrava Basin, from where ice was distributed radially in different directions. The second corridor of actively flowing ice was probably located in the Ruda palaeovalley to the north of the Rybnik Plateau. In the central part of the Rybnik Plateau, ice flow was restricted. This less dynamic ice sheet behaviour resulted mostly from the much higher location of the area. This study indicates that the large morphological and lithological variations of the ice sheet substrate induced varied frictional resistance, producing a spatially varied stress field within the ice sheet. This generated active zones of streaming ice adjacent to more passive zones. Potential switching between neighbouring active zones transporting ice towards the ice sheet margin is postulated.

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Mikromorfologia glin lodowcowych jako narzędzie w rekonstrukcji procesów subglacjalnych

Narloch W., Piotrowski J. A.

Przegląd Geologiczny

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2013

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Vol. 61, nr 5

294--303

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Micromorphology has become an important tool in investigations of glacial tills. Structure and texture of tills studied in thin sections can be used to decipher the origin of tills, in particular their depositional and deformational history, but also to shed light on the nature of subglacial erosion, transport and deposition processes in general. In combination with laboratory experiments on till shearing under controlled conditions, micromorphology yields useful, quantitative data on till rheology that helps understanding the processes of ice movement over soft, deformable beds.This paper is a review of micromorphology applications to the study of subglacial tills as reported in the leading modern literature and presentation of a case study from Obórki site in north-central Poland that illustrates the potential of this method in the context of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet.

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Zróżnicowanie facjalne glin jako wskaźnik fluktuacji ciśnienia wód subglacjalnych na kontakcie lodu i podłoża podczas zlodowacenia wisły w północnej części Pojezierza Dobrzyńskiego

Narloch W., Wojciechowska J. M., Osowicka A., Wysota W., Piotrowski J. A., Sobiech M.

Landform Analysis

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2013

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Vol. 25

125--133

PL

Badaniom sedymentologicznym poddano gliny lodowcowe fazy poznańskiej zlodowacenia wisły na dwóch stanowiskach terenowych (Przeszkoda i Obórki), zlokalizowanych w północnej części Pojezierza Dobrzyńskiego. Podczas ostatniego zlodowacenia obszar ten był pokryty lobem lodowcowym Wisły, którego rozwój był najprawdopodobniej determinowany przez wiślany strumień lodowy. W rekonstrukcji procesów formowania glin oraz mechanizmów ruchu lodu została zastosowana kompleksowa analiza glin, w tym: cech sedymentacyjnych, uziarnienia, składu petrograficznego, orientacji dłuższej osi głazików oraz analiza mikromorfologiczna. Analizowane gliny są masywne i warstwowane. Badania sugerują występowanie złożonych i czasowo zmiennych warunków pod lobem Wisły, prawdopodobnie spowodowanych przez fluktuacje ciśnienia wód subglacjalnych. Ruch lodu był wynikiem kombinacji deformacji podłoża i poślizgu bazalnego.

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Sedimentological analyses were performed on glacial till of the Weichselian glaciation in two field sites (Przeszkoda and Obórki) which are located in northern part of the Dobrzyń Lakeland. During the last glaciation this area was covered by the Vistula ice lobe which development has been determined by the Vistula Ice Stream. A multi-proxy approach including a study of sedimentary features, grain size, petrographic composition, till fabric and till micromorphology was used in reconstruction of till formation and ice movement mechanisms. Analysed tills are massive and stratified. We suggest existing of complex and temporally variable conditions under the Vistula ice lobe, probably caused by subglacial water fluctuations. Ice movement was caused by a combination of bed deformation and basal sliding.