Poligenetyczne obniżenia podczwartorzędowe i porwaki w osadach plejstoceńskich między Wieprzą a Łupawą

Na podstawie materiałów kartograficznych z zakresu geologii zlodowaceń plejstoceńskich na Pomorzu oraz w oparciu o mapę geologiczną rzeźby podczwartorzędowej wykonaną przez autora dokonano analizy porównawczej dotyczącej rozmieszczenia i genezy form. Wydzielono typy obniżeń. Opisano porwaki glacjalne, przedstawiając ich lokalizację, litologię, stratygraficzne usytuowanie i genezę. Wskazano na potrzebę zweryfikowania stratygrafii plejstocenu na wybranych arkuszach geologicznych 1:50 000.

Sub-Quaternary buried relief between Wieprza and Łupawa rivers in northern Poland has been subject to geological research, by means of analysis of geological maps indicating sub-Quaternary morphology. For comparative analysis, maps prepared within the Detailed Geological Map of Poland 1:50,000 project and maps executed by the present author in identical scale have been used. The course of sub-Quaternary depressions on either maps shows discrepancies. Five genetic types have been distinguished, although their polygenesis is inferred. The oldest sub-Quaternary valleys are of late Cretaceous age and their origin had been influenced by Alpine tectonics. In the Tertiary, a valley system with north-and north-west-oriented drainage developed, with the base-level along the axis of the present-day Baltic Sea. During Pleistocene glaciations the older relief was covered by glacial and glacifluvial deposits. The sub-Quaternary depressions are important water suppliers for local people. In addition, an attention has been paid to the age and source of ice rafted material, as well as to the timing of their deposition, as these are important constraints in the Pleistocene stratigraphy. Ice rafted material from Możdżanów and Krzywań has special economic importance, bearing amber and phosphates, respectively.