Wasterkingen-Schotter (Hochterrasse)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(12%,0%,16%,16%)
Color RGB
R: 190 G: 215 B: 180
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Wasterkingen-Schotter (Hochterrasse)
Français
Gravier de Wasterkingen
Italiano
Ghiaia di Wasterkingen
English
Wasterkingen Gravel
Origin of the Name

Kiesgrube von Wasterkingen (ZH)

Historical Variants

Wasterkingen-Schotter (Graf 2009, Bl. Eglisau)

Age

Age at top
  • Middle Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Middle Pleistocene

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Hochterrasse
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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