On the pioneering term “relief generations” from geology and its treatment in geography – a call for correct scientific behaviour

Berlin

2012

87-94

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The term “relief generations” was created and formulated in German geology between 1920 and 1930 in order to categorise the surface forms geomorphogenetically in a meaningful way. That was a genuine paradigm shift. German geography still occupies this term today without citing the source, thus establishing its own concept of geomorphogenesis. This unique plagiarism has been clarified and revised.
Keywords: crust and relief history; relief generations; scientific misconduct; scientific revision; history of German geomorphology (and geography)