Forenirchel-Schotter

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Forenirchel-Schotter
Français
Gravier du Forenirchel
English
Forenirchel Gravel
Origin of the Name

Forenirchel (ZH)

Historical Variants
Obere Irchelschotter (Graf 1993), Forenirchel-Schotter (Preuss et al. 2011)

Description

Thickness
Max. 18 m.

Age

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

Geography

Geographical extent
Nur auf dem Buechemer-, Wilemer- und Forenirchel erhalten.
Type area
Hügel Irchel (ZH)

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
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. 285: The next unit of glaciofluvial gravel (‘Forenirchel-Schotter’) found on top of the overbank deposits represents the youngest sediments at Irchel.
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