Prehistoric forms
Ancient forms are geomorphological relief forms and sediments that arose under an ancient climate . As a typical example of prehistoric forms in Germany, intensive weathering blankets can be named, which were formed under a warmer and more humid tropical climate in the Tertiary . The prehistoric sediments and structures thus also serve as a climate archive to record past climatic changes. A further division into relict and fossil prehistoric forms is possible. Relictic forms have already been more strongly influenced by current (recent) weathering dynamics. Fossil forms, on the other hand, are covered by younger sediments, which protect against the influences of today's exogenous climatic factors.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zepp, Harald .: Geomorphology: an introduction . 5th, through. Edition Schöningh, Paderborn 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-3593-2 .