ABSTRACT
The Late Pleistocene deposits of Central Germany have been thoroughly investigated during recent years. In numerous kettle holes relatively complete sedimentary sequences have been found, spanning the Eemian and Early Weichselian period. South of the limits of the Weichselian Glaciation, basins of glacigenic origin (kettle holes etc.) occur on all tills of Saalian age. The most complete Eemian sequence in the Elbe-Saale region has been found at Grobern. The Eemian is largely represented by travertine deposits in Thuringia. During the Weichselian, the depression continued to be used by some minor northward flowing rivers, several branches of which drained into the Elbe. It had been assumed by some authors that formation and sedimentary infill of the urstromtal both occurred during the Warthe Substage. However, in the opencast mines of the Niederlausitz a more complex sedimentary sequence is exposed.
