Geographia Polonica (1969) vol. 17

Edward Ruhle, Institut de Géologie Varsovie

Maria Danuta Baraniecka, Geological Institute Warsaw
Zdzisława Sarnacka, Geological Institute Warsaw
Sylwester Skompski, Geological Institute Warsaw

Józef Edward Mojski, Geological Institute Warsaw

Tadeusz Wysoczański-Minkowicz, Department of Quaternary Geology Institute of Earth Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw

Rajmund Galon, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń

Jerzy Kondracki, Geographical Institute Warsaw University

Janina Lyczewska, Institut de Géologie Varsovie

Stanisław Szczepankiewicz, Geographical Institute University of Wroclaw

Katarzyna Straszewska, Department of Quaternary Geology Institute of Earth Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw

Niewiarowski Władysław, Institute of Geography, Nicholaus Copernicus University, Fredry 8. 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Andrzej Karczewski, Geographical Institute Section of Geomorphology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań

Stanisław Baranowski, Geographical Institute University of Wroclaw

Leszek Starkel [starkel@zg.pan.krakow.pl], Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Św. Jana 22, 31-018 Kraków, Poland

Abstract

A considerable growth of interest in the problem of eolian phenomena in West-Central Poland could be traced in the course of the last decade. As a result, numerous papers dealing with this subject have been pu-blished. The growing interest has been followed by a broadening of the scope of problems under consideration. Whereas in previous publications morphological features of the dunes as well as the structural and textural features of their sands has been accentuated, the more recent works are rather concerned with problems of chronology of phases of intensive eolian activity leaving their marks not only in the relief, but also in the formation of cover deposits and the fossilization of Late Würm ice-wed-ges. Thanks to detail investigations in a large number of sites (Fig. 1) the relation between dune sands and peats has been established; in ad-dition, fossil soil appearing in dunes have been examined. The age of peats and fossil soils was determined by means of the pollen analysis, and in some sites archeological materials and radiocarbon 1 dating have also been used as age indicators.

The facts gathered allow for assuming that the main, climate-condi-tioned phases of eolian activity coincided with the Late Würm cold pe-riods. Eolian activity in Holocene, was limited in space, and not caused by climatic changes, but by man intervention in the geographical en-vironment.

Stefan Kozarski, Committee of Geographical Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Bolesław Nowaczyk, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Geography Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
Karol Rotnicki, Quaternary Research Institute, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Kazimierz Tobolski, Quaternary Research Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Universitety, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań. Poland

Ludmiła Roszko, Chaire de Géographie Physique de l'Université N. Kopernik à Toruń

Jerzy Niklewski, Chair of the Quaternary Geology Warsaw University

Zofia Borówko-Dlużakowa, Geological Institute Palaeobotanical Laboratory Warsaw

Jadwiga Kobendza, Institut de Géographie de l'Académie Polonaise de Sciences Varsovie

Bogumił Krygowski, Geographical Institute Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

Roman Racinowski, Geological Institute Department of Sea-Coast Geology- Szczecin
Jan Rzechowski, Geological Institute Warsaw

Anna Stankowska, Quaternary Research Institute, Adam Mickiewicz University. Fredry 10. 61-701 Poznań. Poland
Wojciech Stankowski, Quaternary Research Institute, Adam Mickiewicz University. Fredry 10. 61-701 Poznań. Poland

Genowefa Kociszewska-Musial, Chair of Geology and Economics of Mineral Deposits University of Warsaw

Waldemar Chmielewski, L'Institut d'Histoire de la Culture Matérielle de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences Varsovie

Teresa Madeyska-Niklewska, Laboratoire de Géologie du Quaternaire de l'Institut de Géologie de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences

Hanna Więckowska, L'Institut d'Histoire de la Culture Matérielle Varsovie

Stefan Karol Kozłowski, Institut Préhistorique et Protohistorique de l'Université de Varsovie