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T H E G U I G I N O F T H E L Æ N H
The land
was
fo rm ed in quaternanj time by moraine materiel, mostly
Z Z \ a” r Cl“ y ’J eP ° slted blJ the ice sheet. Themoraine deposits in fig.
page 3 indicate the varying positions o f the ice front.
r i l ' 6 t ' i ° n pmje
*
Sh0WS deP ° sits o f on alder moraine displaced and
er tyh° Unge\ m o r a i n e s . Streams in
° f the d ifferen t ice-borders
ånd
f f l
^ f contributedto the
o f the land
and. o f the surrounding waters.
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def oslts ef st onhd in a f ew places. The moraines ave usuallu de-
posited directly on the younger cretaceous limestone (ca lcareous sand and
s Z Z t e T T h
the surfacesof
are inplaces glacially
n o n e
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r i
* T 0US h™esto» e isJ ran sversed by a fault line (the fig.
t u
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, ^ dlsPlacem ent ls about 70 m etres (ah. 200 fe e t). Older lagers
oj chalk (wh ite chalk) are to be fonnd northeast o f the fault line at a denth
Of about UO to
120m etres (350 f e e t ), and lo
20 to kO m etres (60 to 120 fe e t).
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Clay and gravel from the moraines have through the ages been used fo r
budding matenals, whereas the limestone has been little used.
By a series o f dnllings through layers below the presen t sea -level deposits
have been found originating in fresh and in bracldsh wa ter; their age has
been fix ed by a pollen analysis by means o f which the transgression curve
has been approxim ately determ ined fo r the period o f time belw een the
Cr°fn T e? ! a ° r theuAn cy lus Period (when the sea -level was at least 20 metres
(00 fe e t) low er than it is n ow ) and the presen t time.
D isplacements o f the shore line are indicatecl in diagram at page 9
(cf. map at page 6).
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The transgression in the Litorinci-period is illustrated by fig. page 8.
THE GLACIAL AGE
THE UNDERGROUND
ALTERATIONS TO THE
SHORE LINE AF TER
THE GLACIAL AGE
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