Development of eolian processes during the pleni-and late Vistulian in the southeastern Poland
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https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1998/37/2Keywords:
loess accumulation, deflation forms and dunes, Roztocze Upland, Sandomierz BasinAbstract
Periodicity of climate changes in the Vistulian is marked by eolian processes of different intensity. In the Upper Plenivistulian strong wind activity was predominant. As a result of differentiated eolian processes loess accumulation developed in the northern part of Roztocze. Upland coversands formed in the southern part. Intensive eolian activity (27-13 ka BP) caused sand deflation in the Sandomierz Basin as well as a transport for a distance of several dozen to over 100 kilometers. The sand which was blown out along the convenient and associated with relief routes formed sandy streams of a WNW-ESE direction.
The most extensive development of eolian processes took place in the Oldest and Older Dryas and it is marked by the eolian relief development. The coversands, numerous deflation forms and dunes in the Sandomierz Basin and Roztocze Upland are the results of these processes. Distribution of dunes and eolian coversands in Roztocze point to their association with relief.
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