Buechen-Formation

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,17%,12%,18%)
Color RGB
R: 210 G: 175 B: 185
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Buechen-Formation
Français
Formation de Buechen
Italiano
Formazione di Buechen
English
Buechen Formation
Origin of the Name

Buechen Baa (ZH)

Historical Variants
Buechen-Formation (Graf 1993, Bitterli-Dreher et al. 2007)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Early Pleistocene

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Höhere Deckenschotter
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Graf Hans Rudolf (1993) : Die Deckenschotter der zentralen Nordschweiz. Diss. ETH Zürich Nr.10205
Definition
Bitterli-Dreher P., Graf, Naef, Diebold, Matousek, Burger, Pauli-Gabi (2007) : Blatt 1070 Baden. Geol. Atlas Schweiz 1:25'000 Erläut. 120
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