The Peribaltic Group
Field Symposium on Quaternary Deposits and Neotectonics in the area of Pleistocene Glaciations in Belarus
May 12-16, 1997, Minsk, Belarus

Organisers: A. Matveyev,

This was a very interesting field symposium, during which we were introduced to the Quaternary geology of northern and western part of the country. We saw impressive quarries of glaciotectonically deformed chalk as well as of the Tertiary and Quaternary sequences at Krasnoselsky near Grodno, type sections of the Holstein and Eemian interglacials at Kolodezhny Rov and Zaslavl, sediments of the Warta Glaciation marginal zone at Vekshitsy, glacial sequences of the last glaciation and the lake series of the Alleröd age in the Naroch Lakeland. Equally interesting were the stories on history and archaeology of Belarus by Mikhail Chernavsky who accompanied us during long bus trips across the country. We had plenty of lively discussions, which continued also in the evenings over the beer and bonfire, in friendly and relaxed atmosphere created by the organisers. Paper and poster sessions presented recent research in eastern and central Europe. The symposium abstract volume contains 82 abstracts and the excursion guidebook - an illustrated description of the visited sites and these are referenced below.

Publications:

Matveev, A. (Ed.), 1997, Quaternary Deposits and Neotectonics in the area of Pleistocene Glaciations: Excursions Guidebook. Minsk, Institute of Geological Sciences, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 36 pp.

Matveev, A. (Ed.), 1997, Quaternary Deposits and Neotectonics in the area of Pleistocene Glaciations: Abstract Volume. Minsk, Institute of Geological Sciences, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 88 pp.


Papers and posters given at the symposium (selection):

Sub-Quaternary depression in the lower Narew River basin - its origin and deposits
A. Baluk

Glaciotectonic deformation of glacial deposits in the NE Poland
A. Ber

On the problem of the genesis of palaeoincisions
A. Bitinas

Palaeocarpological complexes of Rogali and Lejasciems beds of the Latvian upper Pleistocene
A. Cerina

Model of sedimentation in a tectonically induced lake (Belchatow outcrop, central Poland)
B. Gruszka

Transformation of the surface of paleogenic marine deposits during the latest time on the territory of Belarus
K.I. Davydik

Amino acid geomorphology of the middle-upper Quaternary deposits associated with glacial deposits of Ukraine
A. Ivchenko, M. June

The Quaternary sedimentological investigations in the framework of the "litosfera" program
A. Jurgaitis, P. Sinkunas

The characteristics of Alleröd Interstadial in Lithuania: deposits and palaeogeography
K. Meilute

Glaciomarine deposits along the Palivere ice-marginal zone, West-Estonian Islands
V. Kalm, E. Kadastik

Studies in Eemian interglacial deposits and flora history of Latvia
L. Kalpins

On the influence of neotectonic processes on glacial morphogenesis
A. Karabanov

Main features of the neotectonics of Belarus
A. Karabanov, E. Levkov, R. Aizberg

Late glacial history of west Estonia
R. Karukäpp

Postglacial transformation of the western Pomeranian landforms
K. Klimek

Structure of glaciomarine clay deposits and conditions for their formation in periglacial basins of the Kola region
V. Kolka

The morphological zoning and the ranging of the north-east Baltic shield land forms
O. Korsakova

River valleys of the Mazovian Interglacial in the Warsaw basin
L. Marks

The ESR of Portlandia arctica shells from central Latvia – an indication of climatic deterioration in the Baltic area during isotope stage 5
A. Molodkov, A. Dreimanis, A. Raukas, A. Ojars

Connection between eolian formations and active faults of Belarus
V.F. Nalivaiko

Using of computer processing of lineament analysis results for active fracture zones recognition
V.F. Nalivaiko

Die Ausdehnung des Warthe-stadials in Ost-Polen und West-Weissrussland festgelegt aufgrund einer fossilen Seenplatte aus dem Eem-Interglacial
J. Nitychoruk, K. Binka, I. Pavlovskaya

Alexandrian (Holsteinian) lacustrine deposits of the eastern Belarus
I. Pavlovskaya, G. Simakova, T. Yakubovskaya

Post-pingo forms of Belarus
I. Pavlovskaya, V. Zernitskaya

Groundwater flow and tunnel valleys under the late ice sheet in northeastern Germany
J.A. Piotrowski

Quaternary stratigraphy in Estonia
A. Raukas

Holocene environmental variations on the Haanja heights, SE Estonia
L. Saarse

Regional lithological features of the tills in weastern Kurzeme of Latvia
A. Savvaitov

The peculiarities of Lithuanian interglacial diatom flora
V. Seiriene

Peculiarities of Duba and Gruda lakes sediments startigraphy (SE Lithuania) in connection with early inhabitants in lakes environs
M. Stancikaite, T. Ostrauskas

New startigraphic scheme of the Belarus Pleistocene
F.Ju. Velichkevich, A.F. Sanko, T.B. Rylova, V.I. Nazarov, G.K. Khursevich, G.I. Litvinjuk, T.V. Yakubovskaya

On the correlation of late Weichselian marginal formations of the Scandinavian ice sheet
V.Y. Yevzerov

Belts of late Weichselian marginal glacial formations on the Kola Peninsula and the Belomorian depression
V.Y. Yevzerov, S.V. Nikolayeva

Manifestation forms of the tectonic structures in platform quaternary stratum of Ukraine
T.A. Znamenskaya, A.V. Matoschko