Schwändibach-Schuttfächer

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 226 G: 228 B: 230
Rank
alluvial fan
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Schwändibach-Schuttfächer
English
Schwändibach alluvial fan
Origin of the Name

Gemeinde Schwändibach = Schwendibach (BE), ENE Thun

Historical Variants
Schwändibach-Schuttfächer (Schlunegger 1995)

Description

Thickness
Über 400 m (Schlunegger et al. 1993).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • early Chattian
Age at base
  • early Chattian

References

Definition
Schlunegger Fritz, Matter Albert, Mang, Maria A. (1993) : Alluvial fan sedimentation and structure of the southern Molasse Basin margin, Lake Thun area, Switzerland. Eclogae geol. Helv. 86/3, 717-750

The small Schwändibach fan consists of the more than 400 m thick Early Chattian Schwändibach Conglomerate, a proximal conglomerate with subordinate sandstone to mudstone interbeds. It interfingers laterally with the larger Honegg fan (...)

  • Schwändibach-Nagelfluh

    Name Origin

    Gemeinde Schwändibach = Schwendibach (BE), ENE Thun

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
    In short
    Die Schwändibach-Nagelfluh besteht aus einem proximalen Konglomerat mit untergeordneten, eingelagerten Sandsteinen bis Tonsteinen / Schlammsteinen.
    Age
    early Chattian
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