1. Geology of Sylt MarMic October 2004

2. Relevant Gelogical Ages at Sylt Holocene - Miocene Holocene 10.000- present Pleistocene1.8 Mio-10.000 B.P. – Weichsel (glacial)115.000- 10.000 B.P. – Eem (interglacial)128.000-115.000 – Saale (glacial)128.000-347.000 – Holstein (interglacial) 347.000-370.000 – Elster (Glacial) 370.000-475.00 Pliocene1.8 Mio-5 Mio Miocene5 Mio-24 Mio

3. Geological Map of Sylt Miocene Pliocene

4. Reconstruction of the geological history Deposition of Miocene Clays (warm conditions Slow uplift (Salt domes?), shallower conditions with deposition of coastal (sandy) facies: Pliocene Limonite Deposition of riverine sediments from a large river system in the baltic region (Pliocene Kaolin sand) Ice ages – Some Elster Deposits – Large Saale Deposits – Erosion during the Eem Interglacial leaving some outcrops – No deposits during the Weichsel Ice Age – Recent sea level rice, formation of the Wadden Sea and barrier Islands

5. Glaciation during Pleistocene

7. Pleistocene deposits

8. Thickness of Holocene

9. Eemian deposits

10. Geological Map of Sylt

11. Geological transect through Listland

12. Kampener Kliff Recent Dune formation Old Humic layer, about 1000-1500 yr old Solifluction of Boulder Clay (Weichsel) Boulder Clay (Saale) Kaolin Sand (Pliocene) Limonite Sandstone (Pliocene) Clay (upper Miocene)

13. Kampener Kliff

14. Morsum Kliff Recent Dune formation Solifluction of Boulder Clay (Weichsel) Boulder Clay (Saale) Kaolin Sand (Pliocene) Limonite Sandstone (Pliocene) Clay (upper Miocene/lower Pliocene)

15. Ice (Saale) foulds Miocene and Pliocene deposits Kaolin Sand Limonite Sand Miocene Clay

16. Morsum Kliff

17. The extent of the shoals under the Wadden Sea

18. Recent Development of Sylt (14th C.)

19. Middle Ages: Large floods

20. Development of Sylt (~1648)

21. Development of south of Sylt (~1648)

22. Development of Northern Sylt (Listland, 14th century)

23. Development of Northern Sylt (Listland)

27. Geological Map of Sylt