Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface: the new Pleistocene
- Foreword
- Part I Definition of the base of the Quaternary
- Part II Characterization of the Pleistocene boundary-stratotype
- Part III The paleontological context of the Pleistocene boundary
- Part IV The Pleistocene boundary in regional sequences
- 11 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Italy
- 12 Stratigraphy of the Plio–Pleistocene sequence of the Mediterranean coastal belt of Israel and its implications for the evolution of the Nile Cone
- 13 The Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the Iberian Peninsula
- 14 Biostratigraphy and calibrated climatic chronology of the Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene of France
- 15 The Plio–Pleistocene of England and Iceland
- 16 The Neogene–Ouaternary boundary in The Netherlands
- 17 The Tertiary–Quaternary boundary in western Germany
- 18 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in eastern Germany
- 19 The Plio–Pleistocene of Hungary
- 20 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Romania
- 21 The Pliocene and Pleistocene of the European part of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- 22 The N/Q boundary in Asian Russia and Tadjikistan
- 23 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in the Indian subcontinent
- 24 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Japan: the Osaka Group, Kinki district
- 25 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Japan: stratigraphy in the Boso Peninsula, central Japan
- 26 The base of the Quaternary in China
- 27 Plio–Pleistocene deposits and the Quaternary boundary in sub-Saharan Africa
- 28 Plio–Pleistocene reference sections in Indonesia
- 29 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in New Zealand
- 30 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in continental sequences of North America
- Index
17 - The Tertiary–Quaternary boundary in western Germany
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface: the new Pleistocene
- Foreword
- Part I Definition of the base of the Quaternary
- Part II Characterization of the Pleistocene boundary-stratotype
- Part III The paleontological context of the Pleistocene boundary
- Part IV The Pleistocene boundary in regional sequences
- 11 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Italy
- 12 Stratigraphy of the Plio–Pleistocene sequence of the Mediterranean coastal belt of Israel and its implications for the evolution of the Nile Cone
- 13 The Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the Iberian Peninsula
- 14 Biostratigraphy and calibrated climatic chronology of the Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene of France
- 15 The Plio–Pleistocene of England and Iceland
- 16 The Neogene–Ouaternary boundary in The Netherlands
- 17 The Tertiary–Quaternary boundary in western Germany
- 18 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in eastern Germany
- 19 The Plio–Pleistocene of Hungary
- 20 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Romania
- 21 The Pliocene and Pleistocene of the European part of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- 22 The N/Q boundary in Asian Russia and Tadjikistan
- 23 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in the Indian subcontinent
- 24 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Japan: the Osaka Group, Kinki district
- 25 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in Japan: stratigraphy in the Boso Peninsula, central Japan
- 26 The base of the Quaternary in China
- 27 Plio–Pleistocene deposits and the Quaternary boundary in sub-Saharan Africa
- 28 Plio–Pleistocene reference sections in Indonesia
- 29 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in New Zealand
- 30 The Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary in continental sequences of North America
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Deposits of late Pliocene and early Pleistocene age are found in several parts of western Germany (Figure 17.1), with marine strata principally in the northern coastal plain of northwestern Germany, and estuarine and nonmarine deposits in the Rhine Graben and other structural depressions in the North German Plain. Among these the marine record concerns mostly Pliocene deposits, whereas the lower Rhine Basin contains a lengthy and apparently continuous record of sedimentation during that time period. In the upper Rhine Graben and other inland areas, the Plio–Pleistocene record is not as comprehensive, being represented by localized and irregularly condensed sequences, which still afford some important correlation data.
The authors were responsible for the sections of this chapter as follows: K. Brunnacker, geological and paleomagnetic data; the late Professor H. Tobien, vertebrate paleontology; G. von der Brelie, palynology; W. Hinsch, marine paleontology.
Geological background
Northwestern Germany. In the coastal sequence, the stratigraphic units of most interest are the Kaolinite Sand (Weyl, Rein, and Teichmüller, 1955) and the Lieth series (Menke, 1975). Particular sections have been described from Oldenswort (Menke, 1975), Weser-Bergland (Benda et al., 1968), and Ostfriesland (Meyer, 1981).
Lower Rhine Basin. In this region, the stratigraphic sequence, divided into cyclic units of transgressive–regressive couplets, is denominated A/a to D/d, from oldest to youngest (Boenigk et al., 1974), and appears to correspond with the record from the Rhine delta in The Netherlands (Zagwijn, 1974; Zagwijn, Chapter 16, this volume).
The lower strata, unquestionably Pliocene in age, have been correlated according to molluscan faunas and palynology, analyzed petrographically, and inserted into the paleomagnetic scale by Boenigk and co-workers (Boenigk et al., 1974; Boenigk, 1978a; Boenigk, Koci, and Brunnacker, 1979).
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- The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary , pp. 191 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996