High terrace

This article explains the general term, the formation in Vienna see Gänserndorfer Terrasse .

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A high terrace is by Albrecht Penck a while (1900) crack cold period resulting flow terrace . According to research by later geologists (see gravel terrace ), high terraces elsewhere - depending on the geographical location - can also be due to tectonic or thalassostatic causes.

Penck first recognized the importance of river terraces for the structure of the Pleistocene in 1882 . The high terraces of southern Germany today often form slightly undulating arable landscapes, some distance from the major rivers.

literature

• Albrecht Penck and Eduard Brückner : The Alps in the Ice Age , 3 volumes, Leipzig 1901–1909
• Hans Murawski : Geological dictionary (keyword high or gravel terrace), Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977