Spatial arrangement of morainic plateau levels of the northern sloping surface in Pomerania as a result of varying deglaciation.

Authors:

• Andrzej Karczewski

Abstract

The lakeland elevation represents the marginal zone of the Pomeranian phase of the Vistulian glaciation and slopes nothward to the Baltic as a series of distinct morainic plateau levels to become a stretch of coastal plains. Seven levels with heights of 5 to 180 m asl have been recognized. The structure of lithofacies displays a distinctive characteristic; sand-rich ablation deposits build up upper levels, whereas lower levels are composed of increasingly clay-rich tills. Morainic plateau levels formed in stages due to the shrinking and melting of the ice sheet margins. -from Author