With text contributions by Robin Gebbers and Norbert Marwan and illustrations by Elisabeth Sillmann

With 77 Figures and a CD-ROM

Privatdozent Dr. rer. nat. habil.
M.H. Trauth
University of Potsdam
Department of Geosciences
P.O. Box 60 15 53
14415 Potsdam
Germany

E-mail:
trauth@geo.uni-potsdam.de

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