Origin and post‐glacial evolution of surface cracks: A case study from the area of the Last Glaciation, north‐eastern Poland

Tomasz Karasiewicz; Anna Hrynowiecka; Piotr Weckwerth; Lucyna Tobojko; Dominik Pawłowski; Wojciech Wysota; Arkadiusz Krawiec; Michał Dąbrowski

doi:10.1002/esp.5719

journal article Oct 03, 2023

Origin and post‐glacial evolution of surface cracks: A case study from the area of the Last Glaciation, north‐eastern Poland

Tomasz Karasiewicz

Anna Hrynowiecka Piotr Weckwerth

Lucyna Tobojko Dominik Pawłowski Wojciech Wysota Arkadiusz Krawiec Michał Dąbrowski

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Vol. 49 No. 2 pp. 525-548 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe analysis of LiDAR‐based digital elevation models revealed the existence of groups of longitudinal fractures in the ground in northern Poland at the limit of the ice sheet's extent during its last maximum. Our research on the closed elongated depressions (CEDs) of the Jedwabno test field (Szuć site, north‐east Poland) focuses on explaining their origins and their post‐glacial history. This region was covered by an ice sheet and glacitectonically active during the Vistulian, and at least some surface fractures are possible witnesses to this activity. Using geomorphological mapping, sedimentological and geophysical research, we assumed it was related that the origin of these features here is associated with groundwater migration at the end of the Vistulian glaciation or later when groundwater flow intensified due to a rapid climate warming that caused permafrost to melt. The thawing of permafrost caused to transition from continuous permafrost to discontinuous, which in turn created groundwater flow that was probably responsible for the development of the surface cracks (fractures). Radiocarbon, palaeobiological (pollen, Cladocera) and geochemical studies allowed for an estimation of the formation time of these unique surface cracks in the Older Dryas. Prevailing conditions were also reconstructed for the later dynamic changes of the end of the Late Vistulian glaciation and in the Late Holocene until the Subatlantic Period (Megalayan stage). The surface cracks with steep slopes, despite their small area, are extraordinary sedimentation traps that have, in a special way, retained an almost complete record of the environmental and climate changes of the Late Glacial. There are sedimentological gaps in the Holocene, especially after the Preboreal (old part of the Greenlandian Stage), caused by changes in water levels, aeolian processes and human activity.

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Published: Oct 03, 2023
Vol/Issue: 49(2)
Pages: 525-548
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Authors

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Tomasz Karasiewicz

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland

A

Anna Hrynowiecka

Marine Geology Branch Polish Geological Institute‐National Research Institute Gdańsk Poland

P

Piotr Weckwerth

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland

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Lucyna Tobojko

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland; Marine Geology Branch Polish Geological Institute‐National Research Institute Gdańsk Poland

D

Dominik Pawłowski

Institute of Geology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland

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Wojciech Wysota

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland

A

Arkadiusz Krawiec

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland

M

Michał Dąbrowski

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń Poland

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Tomasz Karasiewicz, Anna Hrynowiecka, Piotr Weckwerth, et al. (2023). Origin and post‐glacial evolution of surface cracks: A case study from the area of the Last Glaciation, north‐eastern Poland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(2), 525-548. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5719

Origin and post‐glacial evolution of surface cracks: A case study from the area of the Last Glaciation, north‐eastern Poland

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