Schiener Berg 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
Schiener-Berg-Störung
English
Schiener Berg Fault
Origin of the Name

Schienberg = Schiener Berg (TG)

Historical Variants

Schiener Berg 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).

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