Wangen-an-der-Aare-Stadium

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(22%,0%,0%,0%)

Color RGB

R: 200 G: 255 B: 255

Rank

glacial stadium

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Wangen-an-der-Aare-Stadium

Français

Stade de Wangen an der Aare

Origin of the Name

Wangen an der Aare (BE)

Historical Variants

--- (du Pasquier 1892), Stade de Wangen (Nussbaum 1910, Jäckli 1962, Hantke 1983, Pugin 1991), Wangener Stadium (Ledermann 1978), Jüngeres Wangener Stadium (Gnägi 2011)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

moraines de Wangen = amphithéâtre morainique Wiedlisbach, Oberbipp, Walliswil-Bipp, Bützberg, Forst, Eigen, Bettenhausen (Aeberhardt 1910b)

Age

Age at top

• Late Pleistocene

Age at base

• Late Pleistocene

Dating Method

20.9 +/-1.5 ka (10Be dating ; Ivy-Ochs et al. 2008)

Geography

Geographical extent

Wangen a.A., Wiedlisbach, Oberbipp.