ABSTRACT
The Ladeburg-Tempelfelde main lobe of the Frankfurt end moraine is situated on the Bamim till plain, north of Berlin. Together with the Buckow lobe, it forms the divide between the catchment areas of the Elbe and Oder Rivers. This chapter particularly considers the southern Biesenthal Basin because of the interesting sediments it contains and its geological development. The southernmost and western branches of this depression reach the Frankfurt end moraine and beyond into its foreland. The Frankfurt end moraine is generally thought to mark a recessional stillstand during the retreat of the Weichselian ice sheet from the Brandenburg Phase, which marks the maximum extension of the last ice sheet. Sands in the Bemau Gap, form a sedimentary connection between the hinterland of the Frankfurt end moraine and the narrow outwash plain of the foreland. After the Biesenthal Lake drained, a highly diversified topography was revealed in the southern Biesenthal Basin.
