Geschiebekunde

The sediment customer is the study of the glacial boulders.

Among the transported by the Northern European ice sheet of the quaternary glaciations to Central Europe stones, there are many that contain interesting fossils or crystalline rocks with special features that make it recognizable. Therefore, many rock types have names that can be associated with source rocks in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the eastern Baltic mostly.

In Germany and the neighboring countries, the bedload customer is operated scientifically for at least 100 years. Their main organization is the " Society for bedload customer "

• Geology
• Glaciology