Summary
The superficial deposits occuring within the map-area are described and classified according to their genesis. In the mountains a discontinuous or thin cover of till dominates with peat in the depressions. In the lowland areas glaciomarine sediments were deposited at a sea-level situated c. 155 m above the present one. The deglaciation of this area took place during the Bølling and Allerød chronozones. During the Younger Dryas the glaciers andvanced to the Tautra Moraines, situated some 20 km to the cast of this map-area. This led to an intense calving of the glaciers in the Trondheimsfjord. Drifting icebergs caused a marked increase in the content of coarse-grained rock fragments in the glaciomarine sediments. During the shoreline displacement the sediments below the upper marine limits were influenced by fluvial erosion and slides. Short account are given on the potential for different utilization of the mapped superficial deposits.
