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EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE QUARTÄRGEOLOGIE - ALBERT SCHR...

The last two million years of the Earth's history were dominated by the Ice Age or Quarternary.
Glaciers and huge inland ice fields were formed and disappeared in rapid sequence. The
Quarternary was a period of great climatic differences  with fluctuations of as much as 15 °C
in average annual temperature. Most of the Earth's surface forms were produced in the
Quarternary  Quarternary sediments cover a large area of the Earth's surface. In his book  the
well-known Quarternary geologist  Albert Schreiner describes Quarternary climate changes  the
various deposits  the comings and goings of the ice masses. The book is for all who are
interested in recent Earth history  particularly students of geology  geography and biology.
The author therefore describes methods of investigation in great detail which are used in
geological field work and are relevant to applied geology. The book is thus intended as a guide
for geologists who must focus on Quarternary rocks after extensive activity in cap and primary
rocks. Ice Age deposits are of great importance  for instance  in construction site
investigations  since surface deposits  soil formations (such as loess deposits)  rubble and
many other types of rocks as well as numerous lake and river sedimentations were formed during
that period. Quarternary research is passing through a phase of dynamic development. Findings
relating to climatic fluctuations in our recent past have been greatly refined. The climatic
history of the past two million years and the deposits that took place are of fundamental
importance for any prognosis about the climate of the centuries to come.

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