The role of neotectonics and glaciation on terrace formation along the Nysa Kłodzka River in the Sudeten Mountains (southwestern Poland)

Application of the precision levelling method to evulate the vertical movements within eastern part of the Elbe fault system (SW Poland, western Sudetes)

“…Towards Orłowiec, subsidence trends deepen to about -1.2 mm/year, and the amplitude of the changes reaches -22.0 mm. The results are contrary to the results of geomorphological and hydrographic observations (Krzyszkowski et al, 2000;Badura et al, 2004Badura et al, , 2007Štěpančíková et al, 2008.…”

“…in light of previous geological studies is impossible. Geomorphological analysis of the Nysa Kłodzka river terrace position (Przybylski, 1998;Krzyszkowski et al, 2000), the shape of a drainage basin of creeks crossing Sudetes, and triangular facets in morphotectonic Sudetic Marginal Fault suggest lifting movements (Badura et al, 2007;Štěpančíková et al, 2010 In the line Boboszów-Jaworek (class II) a subsidence has occurred (Fig. 5).…”

“…On this basis, we can assume that a similar order of movements occurred after the Cretaceous inversion, which included the Bohemian Massif. On the basis of geological and geomorphological evidence, the authors expected to obtain confirmation of the trend (but not the size of displacements), where vertical crustal movements have continued to the present day (Zeuner, 1928;Schwarzbach, 1942;Oberc and Dyjor, 1969;Radwański, 1975;Batik et al, 1996;Ivan, 1996;Don, 1996;Žatecká, 1996;Przybylski, 1998;Sroka and Kowalska, 1998;Krzyszkowski et al, 2000;Ranoszek, 2001;Badura et al, 2004Badura et al, , 2007Kontny, 2004;Štěpančíková et al, 2008;Badura and Rauch, 2014). The results rather suggest that in the eastern part of the Central Sudetes subsidence prevails, which is consistent with the recent crustal movement models developed by Kowalczyk et al (2010).…”

“…The results rather suggest that in the eastern part of the Central Sudetes subsidence prevails, which is consistent with the recent crustal movement models developed by Kowalczyk et al (2010). This may indicate that after the glaciation of the Oder (Saale, Drenthe), and after the small lifting edge of the Sudetes by a few meters (Krzyszkowski et al, 2000), the Central European area decreases. In view of the divergent results between the geological and geomorphological data and geodetic measurements, there is a need to check areas of the Bohemian Massif by the method used in the investigations.…”

Climatically controlled river terrace staircases: A worldwide Quaternary phenomenon

“…Examples are known where slip on intraplate active faults is superimposed onto regional uplift, but this results in minor warping of terraces rather than the formation of additional features (e.g. Krzyszkowski et al, 2000;Westaway et al, 2006a).…”