The Gdów “embayment” is the most pronounced deflection along the northern boundary of the Carpathians. It is filled by the sandy clay deposits which used to be named the Skawina Formation or Chodenice beds or, locally, conglomerates (of Sypka Góra). Their stratigraphic position according to studies of foraminifers had been determined as Badenian. New results obtained from micropalaeontological material sampled at three exposures near Wiatowice, Jawczyce (Giewont) and Gdów (Sypka Góra), and based on boreholes, indicate a much younger age of for the deposits infilling the Gdów “embayment”. These studies show that the surface deposits are not older than Late Sarmatian/Pannonian (Serravalian/Tortonian). They also suggest a much later time for the last stages of the thrusting of the Carpathian Mountains over the Carpathian Foredeep

Gdów“海湾”是沿喀尔巴阡山脉北部边界最明显的偏转。它被砂质粘土矿床填充，这些矿床曾经被命名为 Skawina 组或 Chodenice 床层，或者在当地被称为（Sypka Góra 的）砾岩层。根据对有孔虫的研究，它们的地层位置被确定为巴登阶。从在 Wiatowice、Jawczyce (Giewont) 和 Gdów (Sypka Góra) 附近的三个暴露点采样的微古生物材料中获得的新结果，以及基于钻孔的结果表明，填充 Gdów“海湾”的沉积物的年龄要小得多。这些研究表明，地表沉积物不早于晚萨尔马阶/潘诺阶（塞拉瓦阶/托尔顿阶）。他们还建议将喀尔巴阡山脉推向喀尔巴阡山脉前渊的最后阶段要晚得多