Eberswalde-Macherslust

Country:

Germany

Region:

Brandenburg

Lake type:

proglacial lake (fossil)

Category: clastic varves

Elevation:

27 m asl

Archive type:

lacustrine sediments

Author of images:

Bernd Zolitschka

Reference:

Zolitschka B., 2007. Varved lake sediments. In: S. A. Elias (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 3105-3114.

Link to reference or DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00065-X

Pleistocene glacial varves cropping out in Brandenburg, Germany. Note the decreasing varve thickness towards the top of the section as a result of increasing distance from the active ice margin scale bar: 30 cm.) > max. resolution