Neuhausen Thrust

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 250 G: 50 B: 50
Rank
fault zone
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Neuhausen-Überschiebung
English
Neuhausen Thrust
Origin of the Name

Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH)

Historical Variants

Neuhausen Thrust (TK500 / Gouffon et al. 2024)

Palaenography and tectonic

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.22: Further to the east, the Neuhausen Fault marks the southwestern boundary of the NW– SE trending extensional Hegau-Bodensee Graben (Nagra 2008) that represents the southeastern extension of the Freiburg-Bonndorf-Bodensee Fault Zone (Schreiner 1992, Geyer et al. 2003, Egli et al. 2017, Diehl et al. 2023).

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