Danube-Günz interglacial

The Danube-Günz interglacial (also Danube-Günz warm period , Danube-Günz or Uhlenberg warm period for short ) is the second-oldest named warm period of the Pleistocene of the Alps . It lies between the Danube and Günz Glaciers .

structure

The Danube-Günz interglacial is defined as the erosion phase that follows the Danube glacial period and preceded the Günz glacial period. It is therefore represented by the gap between the deposits, which are ascribed to the two glacial periods; in the type regions of the two glacial periods, these are different deposits. In the area of the Iller-Lech-Platte it lies between the lower deck gravel of the Zusam -Platte and the intermediate gravel , in the area of the Salzach Glacier between the Eichwald gravel and the Elder Top gravel and in the area of Traun and Enns between the Prägünz gravel and the older ones Ceiling gravel . The erosion phase associated with the interglacial is very pronounced, and the composition of the gravel in the area east of the Rhine Glacier changes significantly.

Biostratigraphically , the interglacial in the so-called Uhlenberg profile was dated pollen stratigraphically . The assignment to MIS 23 or 25 is uncertain, so an age of approximately 900,000 to 940,000 years would result. However, there are indications that the Uhlenberg profile can still be placed in the Pliocene and thus could not be correlated with the Danube-Günz interglacial. The assignment to the North German division is also uncertain; due to its position in the lying area of the Günz, it could correspond to the Bavelium or the Waal interglacial .

The Danube-Günz interglacial corresponds at least partially to the Swiss gravel glaciations.

literature

KA Habbe, with the collaboration of D. Ellwanger and R. Becker-Haumann: Stratigraphic terms for the Quaternary of the southern German Alpine foothills . In: T. Litt on behalf of the German Stratigraphic Commission 2007 (Ed.): Ice Age and Present / Quaternary Science Journal . 56, No. 1/2. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung (Nägele and Obermiller), ISSN 0424-7116 , p. 66-83 , doi : 10.3285 / eg.56.1-2.03 ( article ).

T. Litt et al .: The Quaternary in the Stratigraphic Table of Germany 2002 . In: Newsletters in Stratigraphy . tape 41 , no. 1-3 . Berlin, Stuttgart, p. 385–399 ( explanations; PDF file, 124 kB and table; PDF file, 182 kB ).

Web links

Stratigraphic tables from the Bavarian State Geological Office. Ad-hoc-AG Geology of the State Geological Services (SGD) and the BGR

Individual evidence

↑ Lorraine E. Lisiecki, Maureen E. Raymo: A Plio-Pleistocene Stack of 57 Globally Distributed Benthic δ ¹⁸ O Records . In: Paleoceanography . tape 20 , 2005 ( PDF file; 1.1 MB ( memento from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )). A Plio-Pleistocene Stack of 57 Globally Distributed Benthic δ ¹⁸ O Records ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Habbe 2007 , p. 73
↑ Ueli Reinmann: On the trail of the Ice Age in the Wangen a. A. New findings based on soil studies in the terminal moraine area of the Rhone Glacier. In: Yearbook of the Oberaargau . tape 47 , 2004, p. 135–152 ( PDF file; 12500 kB ).

[1] Lorraine E. Lisiecki, Maureen E. Raymo: A Plio-Pleistocene Stack of 57 Globally Distributed Benthic δ ¹⁸ O Records . In: Paleoceanography . tape 20 , 2005 ( PDF file; 1.1 MB ( memento from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )). A Plio-Pleistocene Stack of 57 Globally Distributed Benthic δ ¹⁸ O Records ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Habbe 2007 , p. 73

[3] Ueli Reinmann: On the trail of the Ice Age in the Wangen a. A. New findings based on soil studies in the terminal moraine area of the Rhone Glacier. In: Yearbook of the Oberaargau . tape 47 , 2004, p. 135–152 ( PDF file; 12500 kB ).