Origin and palaeoclimatic significance of the Pleistocene slope covers in the Cracow Upland, southern Poland

Fossil and recent debris flows in medium–high mountains (Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts, Czech Republic)

“…Glacial and stadial epochs (e.g. Pleniglacial period ∼73-13 ka BP; Czudek, 2005) were connected with significant lowering of the timberline, permafrost conditions and solifluction activity which enabled the accumulation of a large volume of debris mantling the hillslopes (Czudek, 2005;Pawelec, 2006;Anderson et al, 2007;Starkel et al, 2007). These factors led to relatively unlimited DF activity during cold and transient Pleistocene periods enabling the formation of large, long-distance accumulations.…”

The application of malacological analysis in the study of slope deposits: late Pleistocene and Holocene of the Podhale Basin (Carpathians, Poland)

“…In recent years, there has been significant development in the research into these deposits (e.g. Van Steijn et al 1995;Bertran et al 1997;Blikra and Nemec 1998;Matsuoka 2001;Pawelec 2006). There have been various other studies of slope sediments conducted in the Polish Carpathians (e.g.…”

Paleoenvironmental interpretation based on macro- and microstructure analysis of Pleistocene slope covers: A case study from the Miechów Upland, Poland

“…The solifluction is indicated by textural-structural features, such as massive structure (cf. Benedict, 1976;Ballantyne and Harris, 1994;Pawelec, 2006a) and occurrence of layers with an openwork texture (cf. Francou, 1990;Bertran and Texier, 1999).…”

“…Jersak, 1973;Kozłowski and Sobczyk, 1987;Maruszczak, 1991;Jersak et al, 1992;Dwucet and Śnieszko, 1996;Mroczek, 2008). Furthermore, studies of periglacial deposits of various origin -eluvial, talus, solifluction, gravity flow, and aeolianhave served as sources of data on the evolution of the local loess covers (Pawelec, 2005(Pawelec, , 2006a.…”