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Glaciotectonics of the ltterbeck ‐ Uelsen push moraines, Germany
Author(s) -
Kluiving Sjoerd J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390090304
Subject(s) - moraine , geology , meltwater , overprinting , glacial period , quaternary , geomorphology , nappe , paleontology , geochemistry , pleistocene , tectonics
The two Saalian push moraines of ltterbeck ‐ Uelsen, formed during the Older Saalian glaciation, consist of Tertiary and Quaternary deposits. Locally, glaciofluvial deposits are prominent as a result of reworking of older deposits by meltwater. The push moraines are built up from a number of imbricated and folded structural units, which have moved laterally and, in part, frontally from two glacial basins. Dominant structures are large, shallow and flat‐lying glaciotectonic nappes that have been displaced over distances of at lest 1 km in the direction of tectonic transport. Overprinting relations of two deformation phases give a relative age difference between the two push morianes.