The landscape below the Tinglev outwash plain: a reconstruction

Abstract

The Tinglev outwash plain is situated in the southemmost part of Jutland, Denmark, and continues southwards across the Danish-German border. Traditionally the melt water deposits between ground surface and the uppermost till are referred to the Weichselian. This paper shows that the melt water sediments can be separated into two outwash plains. The upper one being deposited in the Weichselian, the lower one in the Saalian. To the west the outwash plains are separated by marine Eemian sediments. Further eastwards the units may be distinguished by lirnnic Eemian deposits as well as Eemian weathering horizons. The paper presents contour maps showing the surface of the uppermost till, a map showing the extension of the marine Eemian in situ, isopach maps of the two outwash plains and a map showing the extension of the Saalian outwash plain.