Heinrich Dau
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Johann Heinrich Christfried Dau (1790–1831) was a Holstein
-Danish geologist and writer, whose identification of peat layers led eventually to a system of classifying and dating post-glacial northern European paleoclimate periods, the "Blytt-Sernander
" sequences based on peat stratigraphy.
He died at Altona, Hamburg
in 1831.
Holstein
Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
-Danish geologist and writer, whose identification of peat layers led eventually to a system of classifying and dating post-glacial northern European paleoclimate periods, the "Blytt-Sernander
Blytt-Sernander
The Blytt-Sernander classification, or sequence, is a series of north European climatic periods or phases based on the study of Danish peat bogs by Axel Blytt and Rutger Sernander...
" sequences based on peat stratigraphy.
He died at Altona, Hamburg
Altona, Hamburg
Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent city until 1937...
in 1831.
Selected publications
- Neues Handbuch über Torf, dessen Natur, Entstehung und Wiedererzeugung, Nutzen im Allgemeinen und für den Staat, Leipzig, 1823.
- Allerunterthänigster Bericht an die Königliche Dänische Rentekammer über die Torfmoore Seelands nach einer im Herbste 1828 deshalb unternommenen Reise. Copenhagen and Leipzig, 1829.
- Om Retfærdighed og Frihed og deres nødvendige Samværen, især i politisk Henseende, Copenhagen, 1831.
Further reading
- Axel Garboe, Geologiens historie i Danmark