Schmerlet-Formation
Back to GlaciostratigraphyRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (12%,0%,16%,16%)
- Color RGB
- R: 190 G: 215 B: 180
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Schmerlet-Formation
- Français
- Formation du Schmerlet
- Italiano
- Formazione dello Schmerlet
- English
- Schmerlet Formation
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Glazilakustrische Serie (Graf 1996, Keller & Krayss 2010), Schmerlet-Formation (Graf & Hofmann 2000, Graf 2009, Bl. Eglisau), Schmerlat-Formation (Müller 2010)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Middle Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Middle Pleistocene
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Unterer Klettgau und Rheintal.
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Hochterrasse
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
References
- Definition
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(2009) :
Stratigraphie von Mittel- und Spätpleistozän in der Nordschweiz. Beitr. Geol. Karte Schweiz (N.F.) 168, 218 Seiten
[…] meist sandigen und tonig-siltigen Ablagerungen […].
- Definition
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(2011) :
Quaternary glaciation history of northern Switzerland. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 60/2-3, 282-305
Glaciers left complex sedimentary successions in the Rhine trough and the southerly channel, comprising till, lake deposits and gravel (‘Engiwald-Formation’ and ‘Schmerlet-Formation’), was not eroded during ice meltdown. Partial erosion in Oberklettgau was caused by meltwater flowing through a small valley (Engi). Later, meltwater discharge shifted to the south, causing initial incision of the present course of the River Rhine.
- Important Publications
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(2015) : Luminescence dating of Middle Pleistocene proglacial deposits from northern Switzerland: methodological aspects and stratigraphical conclusions. Boreas