Rüsshalde-Formation

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(4%,0%,33%,10%)
Color RGB
R: 220 G: 230 B: 155
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Rüsshalde-Formation
Origin of the Name

Rüsshalde (AG) SSE Birrhard [oder irgendwelche andere "Rüsshalde" (= Reussufer) zwischen Mellingen/Stetten und Mülligen/Birmenstorf]

Historical Variants
Rüsshalde-Formation (Graf 2017 unpubl.)

Age

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

Geography

Geographical extent
Unteres Reusstal im zentralen Bereich des Birrfeld-Beckens.
Type area
Unteres Reusstal / Birrfeld (AG)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • LGM maximum
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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