ABSTRACT
Eberl confirmed earlier observations that the High Terrace was bipartite, and he found that the moraines which linked with the second phase of advance lay well within those of the first phase; that is to say Riss II was weaker than Riss I. He also found that the Younger Deckenschotter comprised two spreads of gravel but the second was much more distinct and linked up with the group of moraines representing the main Mindel Glaciation ( = Mindel II). The Older Deckenschotter proved to comprise seven gravel-spreads, of which only the last two were identifiable with Penck's Giinz-Deckenschotter. As all the older gravel-spreads showed the characteristics of glacial outwash, Eberl inferred that there had been five minor glacial advances before the Giinz Glaciation and he named these the Donau (Danube) stages. Morainic deposits have been found below the till of Giinz I, and there are deposits of weathered loess which can be correlated with the Donau stages.
