Talk:Barnim Plateau

Translation

I'm translating the German article into English. Somebody with a better understanding of Geography than me is welcome to revise my edits; I've done my best to research equivalent English terms but I'm in no doubt that what I've done could be greatly improved! Quityergreeting (talk) 17:12, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Comments About "Kansan Glacial Period"

First the "Kansan Glacial Period" is no longer considered to be a valid and useful Quaternary stratigraphic unit. As stated in the Pre-Illinoian Wikipedia article, the Quaternary of North America that predates the Illinoian Stage had been in the past traditionally subdivided into the Yarmouthian, Kansan, Afton, and Nebraskan stages. Starting in 1978, Quaternary geologists as the result of doing detailed geological studies and using new dating techniques found that assumptions and criteria on which these stages were defined proved were wrong to such a point that these stages are meaningless in terms of the actual glacial–interglacial record. As a result, the Nebraskian, Aftonian, Kansan, and Yarmouthian stages have been discarded by geologists and are no longer used and have been combined into the Pre-Illinoian Stage. For the proper stratigraphic terminology go see PDF file for Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the last 2.7 million years at Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy. Finally, even if the "Kansan Glacial Period" was valid stratigraphic terminology, it would be appropriate only for Quaternary deposits in North America. For the Barnim Plateau, the appropriate nomenclature would be one of the North West European Stages that are listed in Global chronostratigraphical correlation table for the last 2.7 million years. Paul H. (talk) 01:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)