Bözberg Plateau

Representation and status

Rank
tectonic
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bözberg-Plateau
Français
Plateau du Bözberg
Italiano
Altopiano del Bözberg
English
Bözberg Plateau
Origin of the Name

Bözberg (AG)

Historical Variants

Bözberg Plateau (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Gouffon Yves (Editor) (2024) : Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern

p.25: The area east of Frick, known as the Bözberg Plateau, is verifiably detached for a few hundreds of meters to the north and is limited by the significant faisceaux-type frontal Mandach thrust (Malz et al. 2020). To the south, it is bordered by another faisceaux-type fold belt, partly hidden by the overthrust Internal Folded Jura, and known by earlier authors as the “Vorfaltenzone” (Diebold et al. 2006).
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