THE NATIONAL GLACIOTECTONIC MAPS OF CENTRAL EUROPE

During the period of 1996-99 the Working group on Geospatial Analysis of Glaciated Environments (GAGE) at the INQUA Commission on Glaciation has undertaken a preparation of the glaciotectonic mapping project, as a base of the Glaciotectonic Map of Central Europe, in which geospatial analysis (GIS) has been utilized for compilation of databases and map production. The national glaciotectonic maps have been completed for the region from Germany and Denmark, across Poland and Czech Republic to Belarus, the Ukraine, Russia (Kaliningradian District) and Eastern Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Scientists from universities, geologic surveys and academies of sciences devoted considerable time and effort to compile and prepare these glaciotectonic national maps using a common approach. The following national map leaders and their co-authors have been involved in the project realization: Hans-Jurgen Stephan (Germany), Peter R. Jakobsen (Denmark), Daniel Nyvlt (Czech Republic), Andrzej Ber (Poland), Vitaly Zagorodnikh (Russia), Andrei Matoshko (Ukraine), Alexander Karabanov (Belarus), Albertas Bitinas (Lithuania), Vitâlijs Zelès (Latvia) and Volli Kalm (Estonia). In compilation of national maps participated also graduate students Maris Rattas (Estonia), Paulius Aleksa (Lithuania) and Jânis Dzelzîtis (Latvia). The GIS work was under supervision and authorship of the Waldemar Gogolek and Jacek Kocyla (PGI, Poland). The project was supervised by James S. Aber (USA) and Jan A. Piotrowski (Denmark). Preliminary the national maps of Poland, Belarus, Estonia and Lithuania have been presented at the XV INQUA Congress in 1999 (Durban, South Africa). Owing to financial support of the INQUA Commission on Glaciation, most of the national glaciotectonic maps were completed in 2000. They were prepared on the common topographic base map.