Bohlingen-Schotter

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Representation and status

Index
qsBo
Color CMYK
(0%,7%,12%,18%)
Color RGB
R: 210 G: 195 B: 185
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bohlingen-Schotter
Français
Gravier de Bohlingen
English
Bohlingen Gravel
Origin of the Name

Bohlinger Schlucht (Deutschland) nördlicher Schiener Berg

Historical Variants
Bohlingen-Schotter (Zaugg et al. 2008)

Description

Thickness
Bis 30 m (Zaugg et al. 2008)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Upper boundary
Schrotzburg-Till
Lower boundary
OSM (Öhningen-Mergel bzw. Glimmersand)

Age

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

Geography

Geographical extent
Nordrand des Schiener Berges.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Zaugg Alfred, Geyer Matthias, Rahn Meinert, Wessels Martin, Schlichtherle Helmut, Hasenfratz Albin, Burkhalter Reto (2008) : Blatt 1033/1034 Steckborn-Kreuzlingen. Geol. Atlas Schweiz 1:25'000, Erläut. 112
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