Evaluating landscape development and karstification of the Central Schwäbische Alb (Southwest Germany) by fossil record of karst fillings

Auteur :
UFRECHT, W.

Description :
In the central parts of the Schwäbische Alb relics of the Bohnerz-Formation (claret to violet clay stirred with iron concretions) are widely spread in karst fissures and depressions. For analyzing geomorphological processes and landform genesis such datable sediments provide time aspects that can be refered to distinct positions in relief and thus help to reconstruct landscape evolution through time. Focussing on that the distribution of fossiliferous sediments in the karst holes (mostly roofless caves) in the hilly Kuppenalb, around Salmendingen and in the Bärenhöhle (Bears Cave) nearby Erpfingen, are of outstanding importance. Due to palaeontological data the Salmendingen karst holes are bound to the Upper Miocene land surface. Post Upper Miocene denudation by the river Danube caused the next deeper sedimentation relief-unit to which the Bärenhöhle belongs.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, issn : 0372-8854, 2008, vol. 52, n°. 4, p. 417-436, nombre de pages : 20, Références bibliographiques : 4 p.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Stuttgart, Gebruder Borntraeger