Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as a potential tool of palaeocurrent directions of the glacial sediments in the Piotrków Trybunalski, Radomsko and Przedbórz area Cover Image

Anizotropia podatności magnetycznej jako potencjalne narzędzie wyznaczania kierunków paleoprądów w osadach glacigenicznych w obszarze między Piotrkowem Trybunalskim, Radomskiem a Przedborzem
Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as a potential tool of palaeocurrent directions of the glacial sediments in the Piotrków Trybunalski, Radomsko and Przedbórz area

Author(s): Lucyna Wachecka-Kotkowska, Elżbieta Król
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Physical Geopgraphy, Regional Geography, Historical Geography
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; palaeo-transport directions; glacial sediments; Wartanian ice-sheet; Łódź Region; central Poland

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the results of measurements of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) of Quaternary sediments collected from 13 sites, located in zones I–IV of glacigenic forms in SE of the Łódź Region. Based on statistical analysis and graphical position of the principal axes of ellipsoids illustrating the magnetic susceptibility tensors, recreated directions of transport for 206 samples, mainly of glacial sediment of different ages and types. The usefulness of AMS analysis in determining the direction of transport in clasts of the till has been proved and also to verification of the directional results of other measurements in the sediments layered.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 103
  • Page Range: 79-97
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish