Palaeohydrology and landscape development in the middle course of the Radunia basin, North Poland

Authors

  • Leo Koutaniemi Department of Geography, University of Oulu
  • Andrzej Rachocki Institute of Geography, University of Gdask

Abstract

Geomorphological mapping, three diatom analyses and two 14C dates have been used to describe the development of the relief and the palaeohydrology of the middle course of the Radunia valley in North Poland. Chalk layers found in large areas of the Radunia basin proved to originate from a water phase which covered the valley bottom for some time from the very begin­ning of the postglacial period. It was at the latest during the Boreal Chro­nozone, however, that the previously uniform water level was divided into smaller basins, in accordance with a regressive trend. Relief changes during the rest of the postglacial period were mainly due to fluvial processes, the results of which indicate fairly constant hydrological conditions at this time
Section
Research Papers

Published

1981-02-01

How to Cite

Koutaniemi, L., & Rachocki, A. (1981). Palaeohydrology and landscape development in the middle course of the Radunia basin, North Poland. Fennia - International Journal of Geography, 159(2), 335–342. Retrieved from https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/9156