Uwarunkowania rozprzestrzenienia i właściwości serii organicznej zawierającej szczątki lasu z młodszego dryasu w Kotlinie Kolskiej
Determinants of the spread and properties of the organic series containing remains of the Younger Dryas forest

Summary/Abstract: The study concerns the extent of the organic series, which is characteristic element of geology of the Warta val-ley low terrace. The series contains trees remnants of the Younger Dryas forest. The purpose of the study was to establish if the continuity and significant extent of the series observed previously in the walls of the open pits of the “Adamów” Lignite Mine is the rule. Results of investigations indicate that organic series has covered the area at least of 18 km2 and have con-firmed the thesis that the occurrence of the series coincides with the low terrace of the Warta valley. The properties of the organic series as thickness and texture were recognized. On the base of the altitude of the top of the series, the gradient of the top was counted and compared with gradients of present morphological elements of the valley. The causes of local breaks in continuity of the series were identified and connected with the functioning of the multichannel system in the Warta River valley at the end of the Late Vistulian. The study results suggest that the organic series was spread almost within the entire valley bottom during the Younger Dryas, when it reached the greatest extent. The erosion during the Holocene led to removal of the series from the axis of the valley. The anthropopressure is an important factor which causes discontinuity of the series in the study area.

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