Århundredets afhandling

3. Asger Berthelsen 1978: The methodology of kineto-stratigraphy as applied to glacial geology. Bull. geol. Soc. Denmark, vol. 27(special issue), 25-38.

Abstract:
Studies of contorted drift sequence in southeastern Denmark have resulted in a fusion of the working methods and principles of glacio-tectonics and lithostratigraphy and in the formulation of a new type of stratigraphyu - kineto-stratigraphy, where main emphasis is placed on the study of the directional elements that reflect the movement patterns (kinetics) of former ice sheets. Through studies of principal localities, where deposits and deformation from more than one glacial advance are found, regional kineto-stratigraphic drift units area established, and local glacial deposits are classified accordingly. The relative significance of the various directional elements is discussed, and a brief outline of the new Weicheselian kineto-stratigraphy of southeastern Denmark is given.

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Begrundelse for nomination til væsentligste DGF-artikel i det 19. århundrede: Dette er den klassiske afhandling som beskriver det kineto-stratigrafiske princip i glacialgeology. Denne afhandling refereres i adskillige internationale lærebøger, og den er dermed med til at bringe det danske glacialtektoniske koncept på det geologiske verdenskort. Foruden at behandle princippet i tectonic stratigraphy (introduceret af Süe 1910) giver afhandling indføring i problemkredsen vedrørende superposition knyttet til deposition, deformation og erosion.