Langacher-Schotter

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,16%,12%,16%)
Color RGB
R: 215 G: 180 B: 190
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Langacher-Schotter
Français
Gravier du Langacher
Italiano
Ghiaia del Langacher
English
Langacher Gravel
Origin of the Name

Langacher = Langacker (ZH) am Nordhang des Irchels

Historical Variants

Untere Irchel-Schotter (Graf 1993), Langacher-Schotter (Preusser et al. 2011), Langacher Gravel (Graf & Burkhalter 2016)

Description

Thickness
Max. ca. 10 m.

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Upper boundary

Irchel-Schotter

Lower boundary

Molasse

Age

Age at top
  • Early Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Early Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Hügel Irchel (ZH).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Höhere Deckenschotter
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

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

p.285: The oldest unit (‘Langacher-Schotter’) contains a caliche-type palaeosol in its upper part that is characteristic for Mediterranean to dry-warm climatic conditions.
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