Schneehaldenmoräne

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Rank

unconsolidated deposit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Schneehaldenmoräne

Français

Moraine de névé

Italiano

Morena di nevaio

English

Firn moraine

Origin of the Name

siehe Anweisungen zur Darstellung des quartären Formenschatzes / Instructions pour la représentation des formes quaternaires

Historical Variants

Schneehaldenmoräne, Schneehalden-Moräne, Schneehaldenbergsturz, cordone morenico di nevaio, cordone di nivomorena (Bl. Osogna)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Unconsolidated Deposits

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic