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17 - Glacially Induced Faulting in Poland

from Part IV - Glacially Triggered Faulting at the Edge and in the Periphery of the Fennoscandian Shield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2021

By
Małgorzata (Gosia) Pisarska-Jamroży ,
Piotr Paweł Woźniak  and
A. J. (Tom) van Loon
Edited by
Holger Steffen ,
Odleiv Olesen  and
Raimo Sutinen
Holger Steffen
Affiliation:
Lantmäteriet, Sweden
Odleiv Olesen
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Norway
Raimo Sutinen
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Finland
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Summary

Poland is in an intraplate area characterized almost everywhere by low recent tectonic activity. This does not imply, however, that earthquakes have not affected it, even in the – geologically speaking – recent geological past. This is due to Pleistocene glaciations, which left traces in the form of earthquake-induced deformed layers. The strongly deformed layers (seismites) as well as some fault zones with significant offsets crossing also Quaternary sediments can indicate fault (re-)activation due to glacial isostatic adjustment. We inventory and describe the five sites/areas in the intraplate northern and central parts of Poland where traces of glacial isostatic adjustment occur. We do not deal, however, with the mountain areas of southern Poland, because Alpine pressure and glacial isostatic adjustment may each, possibly jointly, have acted there as a trigger; distinguishing between traces left by them is not yet viable.

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Soft-Sediment Deformation StructuresSeismitesGlacial Isostatic AdjustmentPolandLiquefactionFluidizationEarthquake-Related ShockTeisseyre–Tornquist ZoneForebulge
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Glacially-Triggered Faulting , pp. 304 - 319
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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