No valley deepening of the Tatra Mountains during the past 300 ka
The general assumption is that valleys are widened and deepened by each subsequent glaciation. Data collected by Dr. Jacek Szczygieł from our Institute contradicts these assumptions. The caves evolve simultaneously with the mountain valleys, which was used to study the pace of development of the Tatra valleys in response to the Quaternary climate change. In the prestigious GEOLOGY, dr Jacek Szczygieł and team published evidence that the Tatra valleys have not been deepened by the last two glaciations, i.e. for about 320 kyr. This discovery has important implications not only for the evolution of the Tatra Mountains but on glacial erosion in general.
Szczygieł J., Hercman H., Hoke G.D., Gąsiorowski M., Błaszczyk M., Sobczyk A., 2020. No valley deepening of the Tatra Mountains (Western Carpathians) during the past 300 ka. Geology 48, https://doi.org/10.1130/G47635.1
