Current ice age research and progress in geochronology from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 100 years after Eugen Geinitz
Was there an active "Mecklenburg advance" at the end of the last ice age? In his lecture, Andreas Börner from the Geological Survey of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern presents some elements of the northern German ice age landscapes from geological mapping.
... "The devil is in the detail" - Using modern dating methods, Quaternary researchers in northern Germany are attempting to clarify the chronological classification of landscape development in ever greater detail, but are also being confronted with new, increasingly complex topics and questions as a result.In addition to new luminescence dating (OSL) of glacial deposits from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, surface exposure dating of "giant stones" using cosmogenic beryllium-10 is also presented. The principle of this exposure dating is based on the time-dependent storage of cosmogenic radionuclides in near-surface rock layers by impinging cosmic radiation.
Andreas Börner will find simple words for these technical depths and take the guests into today's geologically exciting fields of research.
The lecture is part of the program accompanying the current special exhibition "Eugen Geinitz - Exploring the Ice Age Landscape in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern".
Anyone interested is cordially invited to immerse themselves in the ice age research of the past and present on this day.
The lecture is free of charge, a donation is requested.
