Niederterrassenschotter des Rheintals

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(3%,0%,33%,10%)
Color RGB
R: 223 G: 230 B: 155
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Niederterrassenschotter des Rheintals
Français
Gravier de la Basse-Terrasse du Rheintal
English
Lower Terrasse Gravel of the Rheintal
Origin of the Name

Rheintal (AG)/(SH), zwischen Rheinfelden und Eglisau

Historical Variants
Rheintal-Schotter (Graf 2009), Niederterrasse im engeren Rheintal (Keller & Krayss 2010)

Hierarchy and sequence

Lower boundary
anstehender Fels

Age

Age at top
  • Late Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Late Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Rheintal.

Palaenography and tectonic

  • LGM retreat phases
  • LGM maximum
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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