ABSTRACT
The traces of the oldest continental glaciation of the Carpathian Foredeep are only preserved in its northwestern part. They are represented by glacial deposits, glacial flow valleys, glaciotectonic structures or as glacial erosional or outwash valleys. Because the limit of these features in the Carpathian Foredeep stretches southwards along the Dniester Valley, they are termed ‘the Dniester Glacial Complex’. In the Carpathian Foredeep, the Dniester Glacial deposits comprise glacial and meltwater sediments. Ablation till, formed from debris released by melting of stagnant glacial ice and subjected, in part, to flow and washing by meltwater, is common in the Carpathian Foredeep. The meltwater sediments, deposited as a result of outwash in the Carpathian Foredeep, are represented by both glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine deposits. The glaciolacustrine deposits in the Carpathian Foredeep are not widespread. This type of deposits may have accumulated in small ice-dammed lakes.