Muttenbergen-Sandstein

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Muttenbergen-Sandstein
Français
Grès des Muttenbergen
English
Muttenbergen Sandstone
Origin of the Name

Muttenbergen (GR)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Middle Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Middle Pleistocene

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Flyschs
Paleogeography
North Helvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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