Bärengraben-Schotter

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,7%,12%,16%)
Color RGB
R: 215 G: 200 B: 190
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

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

Bärengraben bei Würenlingen (AG)

Historical Variants

Oberer Schotter (Graf 1993, Bitterli-Dreher et al. 2007), Obere Iberigschotter, Bärengraben-Schotter (Preusser et al. 2011)

Age

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

Geography

Geographical extent
Hügel Iberig (AG).

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Graf Hans Rudolf (1993) : Die Deckenschotter der zentralen Nordschweiz. Diss. ETH Zürich Nr.10205
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.286: the two upper units are again genetically related (‘Bärengraben-Schotter’, ‘Bärengraben-Till’).
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