Stein-Schotter

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Representation and status

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
Stein-Schotter
Français
Gravier de Stein
English
Stein Gravel
Origin of the Name

Stein (ZH), W Weiach

Historical Variants
Stein-Schotter (Graf 2009b, Preusser et al. 2011)

Age

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

Geography

Geographical extent
Zwischen Bodensee und Klettgau, Weiach.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Graf Hansruedi (2009) : Stratigraphie von Mittel- und Spätpleistozän in der Nordschweiz. Beitr. Geol. Karte Schweiz (N.F.) 168, 218 Seiten
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: A similar threefold subdivision of ‘Tiefere Deckenschotter’ is found along the River Rhine (Graf 1993), but a fourth gravel unit is found between Lake Constance and Klettgau as well as near Weiach (‘Stein-Schotter’) (Graf 2009b).
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