Pfyn-Vorstoss

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Representation and status

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Rank
glacial advance
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Pfyn-Vorstoss
Français
Avancée glaciaire de Pfyn
Italiano
Avanzata di Pfyn
English
Pfyn glacial advance
Origin of the Name

Pfyn (TG), NE Frauenfeld

Historical Variants

Vorstoss-Stadium (Geiger 1943), Pfyn-Vorstoss (Graf 2009)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Late Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Late Pleistocene

Geography

Type area
Thurtal (TG)

  • Ittingen-Schotter

    Name Origin

    Kartause Ittingen (TG), NW Frauenfeld

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Fluviatile (an der Basis glazifluviatile) Ablagerungen des Pfyn-Vorstosses (Hagenholz-Eiszeit).

    Age
    Middle Pleistocene
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  • Hüerebüel-Schotter

    Name Origin
    Hüerebüel (SH), Schaffhausen
    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Glazifluviatiler Schotter (Hagenholz-Eiszeit > Pfyn-Vorstoss).
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