Complex sentence: His first major publication was a description of the description of the rock formations of Muldengaues and their influence on the vegetation was in published in 1845 which received an award from the Princely Jablonowski'schen Society in Leipzig.
Split into simpler sentences: His first major publication was a description of the rock formations of Muldengaues and their influence on the vegetation. This was published in 1845 and received an award from the Princely Jablonowski'schen Society in Leipzig.