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This study aims to quantify the timing of valley incision and the rates of glacial erosion in the Northern Carpathians.

Cave-based chronology of valley incision in the glaciated Northern Carpathians

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This study aims to quantify the timing of valley incision and the rates of glacial erosion in the Northern Carpathians.
Analyzed 32 paired 26Al and 10Be cosmogenic nuclide burial ages from quartz-bearing sediment in a karst system.
Resolved 24 burial ages, along with six minimum ages and two unresolvable ages, to document valley incision timing.
Estimated paleoerosion rates since the Pliocene based on sediment data.
Approximately 80% of current valley relief (∼700 m) formed by about 1.6 Ma.
Indications of consistent sediment generation processes in karst networks since the Pliocene.
River incision is a dominant factor in shaping relief in the Carpathian valleys influenced by glacial activity.

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Randomized trial quantifies valley incision in glaciated mountains, indicating river action plays a major role in landscape formation.

Szczygieł et al. (2026) studied this question.

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