The ice-wedges at Sławęcin
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1956/3/5Keywords:
frost-fissure networks, frost weathering, Kutno end-moraineAbstract
An abundant occurrence of ice-wedges was observed in the Kutno terminal moraine near Sławęcin (Middle-Polish glaciation). The wedges were studied in the vertical sections as well as in the plane. The fissures in which the wedges are formed display a network pattern. The wedges themselves and the adjacent portions show such traces of the expansive action of ice as shoved boulders and effects of frost weathering.
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