ABSTRACT
The Pleistocene deposits and topography of Belarus were formed mainly as a result of activities of ice sheets, that repeatedly overode the area. Until recently, it had been generally assumed that endogenic factors were of minor importance in controlling litho- and morphogenesis of glacial sediments. Firstly, it should be stated that positive tectonic movements were important for the development of continental glaciations. Before the advance of the Dnieper ice sheet, the Belarus tectonic dome (anticlinal) area, the Orsha depression, and the Zhlobin saddle began to subside. Neotectonic movements potentially could have altered the character of glacial accumulation. Marginal landforms confined to tectonically active zones are often characterised by widespread glacial faults and thrusts of a schollen, fold and block type. Tectonic structures at depth are less obviously related to the location of other than ice-marginal deposits and landforms. Glaciolacustrine plains and lowlands are even less related to tectonic structures.
