Medieval accumulation in the Upper Dnister river valley and its connection with colonization of the Eastern Carpathians Foreland (Western Ukraine)

Abstract

Study of the Holocene terraces and alluvia filling the Dnister river valley and its tributary Strwiąż river, between the Carpathians’ margin and graben of the Upper Dnister Basin and covered by the extensive peat-bogs, has been performed for slightly more than last ten years. Within the Dnister valley, below the gravel terrace-fan 10-11 m high, the terrace 5-7 m high occurs. They are formed of channel sediments of various age (from the Late Glacial to the Neo-Holocene) and overbank sediments which top parts, often separated by peat layers are dated at the last millenium. In the outlet of the Upper Dnister Basin these sediments are usually younger