Randen Fault

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

Randen-Störung

English

Randen Fault

Origin of the Name

Randen (SH)/(Deutschland)

Historical Variants

Randen Fault (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: The Neogene Randen Fault and the Schiener Berg Fault (Zaugg et al. 2008), with a maximum vertical offset of about 250 m (Nagra 2008), together form the southwestern limit of the central [Hegau-Bodensee] graben (Hofmann et al. 2000).