Wettingen-Vorstoss

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(22%,0%,0%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 195 G: 250 B: 250
Rank
glacial advance
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Wettingen-Vorstoss
English
Wettingen Advance
Origin of the Name

Wettingen (AG)

Historical Variants
Wettingen-Vorstoss (Graf 2009)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

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

Geography

Type area
Birrfeld (AG)

  • Altberg-Till

    Name Origin

    Altberg (ZH)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Moräne des Birmenstorf-Vorstosses im heutigen Limmattal (= Wettingen-Vorstoss).
    Age
    Late Pleistocene
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  • Flüefeld-Schotter

    Name Origin
    Flüefeld (AG), Würenlos
    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short
    Schotter des Birmenstorf-Vorstosses im heutigen Limmattal (= Wettingen-Vorstoss), oberhalb von Baden.
    Age
    Late Pleistocene
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