Problems of genesis and age of topography of the North-western Russian Plain

Abstract

The North-West of the Russian Plain is a specific region typified by extremely well pronounced traces of ice sheets and meltwater in the relief. The latter, in turn, depends on buried Pre-Quaternary topography modeled by fluvial and glacial erosion and denudation. Tectonic processes were not particularly important because of short duration of the last period of the relief formation, and control primarily drainage pattern on the plain.