Die interglazialen marinen Strände und der Aufbau des antarktischen Inlandeises

The interglacial marine beaches (Sicilian, Milazzian etc.) are mostly explained as signs of ancient higher ocean levels. But where we can prove the height of ancient ocean levels, this is not very different from the present one. The ancient beaches cannot be explained by sinking of the ocean level,...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:E&G Quaternary Science Journal
Main Author: P. Woldstedt
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1965
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3285/eg.16.1.02
https://doaj.org/article/053f81566137492a81375d42e1254e43
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Summary:The interglacial marine beaches (Sicilian, Milazzian etc.) are mostly explained as signs of ancient higher ocean levels. But where we can prove the height of ancient ocean levels, this is not very different from the present one. The ancient beaches cannot be explained by sinking of the ocean level, but only by rise of the continents. Thus they are really „raised beaches".