Palynostratigraphy of the Middle Pleistocene sequence from Göttingen, Otto-Strasse

Pollen analysis of a Pleistocene sink-hole filling from Göttingen, Germany, revealed a characteristic sequence of periods with forest vegetation, which were separated by stadial phases with an open type of vegetation. For none of the six different forest phases could an equivalent be found among the known interglacial and interstadial periods. For floristic and palaeomagnetic reasons this sequence must, however, be part of the Cromerian complex.