ABSTRACT
This paper reviews the evidence for the stratigraphic subdivision of the Quaternary of Poland. Particular attention is given to the results of recent thermoluminescence dating and a new chronology is proposed for many parts of the sequence. The succession is subdivided into the Eo–, Meso—and Neopleistocene and the Holocene. The Eopleistocene is characterised by lacustrine and fluviatile deposits without evidence for glaciation, whereas the Meso– and Neopleistocene include evidence for glaciation from both Scandinavian and southern accumulation regions and are sub–divided on the basis of classical glacial/ interglacial stages with substages where the evidence is sufficiently detailed. The pattern of development of fluvial and marine deposits during the Holocene is recommended as a model for the development of landforms and sediments during earlier interglacials.
