Structure of the South-Western Part of the Curonian Spit

Ekaterina N. Badyukova; Leonid A. Zindarev; Svetlana A. Lukyanova; Galina D. Solovieva

doi:10.1515/heem-2018-0008

Abstract

This article addresses the southern sector of the Curonian Spit, the largest coastal barrier of the Baltic Sea. A comparative analysis of the deposits that make up parts of the Curonian and Vistula Spits is given. The detailed analysis of the geological and geomorphological structure of the southern part of the Curonian Spit suggests that, within this sector, it is not a sedimentary barrier created by wave action and Aeolian processes in the Holocene, but a part of a pre-Holocene fluvioglacial plain. Field work has shown that the ancient alluvial or fluvioglacial plain is in the lagoon shore of the Vistula Spit.

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Structure of the South-Western Part of the Curonian Spit

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