Habsburg-Schotter

Representation and status

Index

qsHb

Color CMYK

(11%,0%,16%,14%)

Color RGB

R: 195 G: 220 B: 185

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Habsburg-Schotter

Français

Gravier de Habsburg

English

Habsburg Gravel

Origin of the Name

Habsburg (AG), SW Brugg

Historical Variants

Habsburg-Schotter (Keller & Krayss 2010), mächtige glazifluviatile Schottern im Habsburg-Gebiet (Bitterli et al. 2011)

Description

Thickness

Bis zu 100 m im Birrfeld (Preusser et al. 2011), im oberen Klettgau vermutlich bis zu 150 m und im Gebiet Äpelöö mindestens 90 m (Graf 2009) ; 40-140 m (Keller & Krayss 2010)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• Remigen-Schotter

Age

Age at top

• Middle Pleistocene

Age at base

• Middle Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent

Habsburg-Rinikerfeld-Rinne, Oberklettgau.

Palaenography and tectonic

• Hochterrasse

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Graf Hansruedi (2009) : Stratigraphie von Mittel- und Spätpleistozän in der Nordschweiz. Beitr. Geol. Karte Schweiz (N.F.) 168, 218 Seiten

glazifluviatile Sedimente

Definition

Preusser Frank, Graf Hans Rudolf, Keller Oskar, Krayss Edgar, Schlüchter Christian (2011) : Quaternary glaciation history of northern Switzerland. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 60/2-3, 282-305

On top are up to 100 m thick gravel deposits (‘Habsburg-Schotter‘), intercalating with glacial sediments and subglacial gravel in the southern part of the basin (Fig. 11). These deposits are attributed to the Habsburg glaciation.