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Donau, n. Geol.|ˈdɒnaʊ| [The German name of the river Danube, adopted in this sense by B. Eberl 1928, in Zeitschr. der deutschen geol. Gesellschaft B: Monatsber. LXXX. 112.] Used attrib. to designate an early Pleistocene glaciation of the Alps (preceding the Günz), and the corresponding stratigraphic stage. Also absol.
1957Geol. en Mijnbouw XIX. 243/1 The phases Donau II, Günz I and Günz III are likely to represent glacials. 1965A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (ed. 2) xxi. 681 A fifth glacial stage, older than the Gunz, has since been discovered and is called the Donau or Danube. 1983T. Nilsson Pleistocene v. 75 There seems to be no record of a clear fossil soil corresponding to the Biber/Donau interval. According to Graul, the most sizable palaeosols observed disconnect the Donau and Günz deposits. |