Bärengraben-Schotter

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,7%,12%,16%)

Color RGB

R: 215 G: 200 B: 190

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Bärengraben-Schotter

Français

Gravier du Bärengraben

Italiano

Ghiaia del Bärengraben

English

Bärengraben Gravel

Origin of the Name

Bärengraben (AG) bei Würenlingen

Historical Variants

Oberer Schotter (Graf 1993, Bitterli-Dreher et al. 2007), Obere Iberigschotter, Bärengraben-Schotter (Preusser et al. 2011)

Age

Age at top

• Early Pleistocene

Age at base

• Early Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent

Hügel Iberig (AG).

Palaenography and tectonic

• Tiefere Deckenschotter

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Tiefere Deckenschotter

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Graf Hans Rudolf (1993) : Die Deckenschotter der zentralen Nordschweiz. Diss. ETH Zürich Nr.10205

Definition

Preusser Frank, Graf Hans Rudolf, Keller Oskar, Krayss Edgar, Schlüchter Christian (2011) : Quaternary glaciation history of northern Switzerland. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 60/2-3, 282-305

p.286: the two upper units are again genetically related (‘Bärengraben-Schotter’, ‘Bärengraben-Till’).