Ur-und Frühgeschichte als Hilfswissenschaft der Geomorphologie im ariden Nordafrika. in Festschrift für Wolfgang Meckelein. (Pre-and Protohistory as aids in geomorphological investigation of the arid regions of North Africa)
Absolute and relative datings of geomorphological phenomena are frequently only possible if prehistorical evidence is also taken into account. Some forms and structure of the earth's surface which initially prove difficult to interpret turn out
to be of human origin. Failure to recognize the human provenance of such features can give rise to misinterpretations and errors in geomorphological research. Prehistoric evidence permits deductions concerning the nature of geomorphological processes. The various
ways in which prehistoric man responded to the pressures of his environment shed light on the nature of climate geomorphological changes of landscape during the Quarternary period. (LA).
. Deutschen Geographentag in Gottingen, 1979.. (The western escarpment margin of the Murzuk Basin, central Sahara as an example for the structural pattern of the arid relief)
Two sections of the Messak escarpment at the western margin of the Murzuk basin are presented in geomorphological maps and aerial photo mosaics and analyzed as to their pattern of landforms and geomorphic history. Relict forms of non-arid climates