Hombrechtikon-Vergletscherung

Representation and status

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Rank
glaciation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Hombrechtikon-Vergletscherung
Français
Glaciation d'Hombrechtikon
English
Hombrechtikon Glaciation
Origin of the Name

Hombrechtikon (ZH)

Historical Variants

Ältere Würmeiszeit (Gerber 1941)?, Hombrechtikon-Vergletscherung (Graf 2009, Bitterli et al. 2011), Hombrechtikon-Vorstoss (Graf 2009a)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Late Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Late Pleistocene
Dating Method

ca. 100-65 ka

  • Hombrechtikon-Vorstoss

    Name Origin

    Hombrechtikon (ZH)

    Rank
    glacial advance
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Ältestes Eisvorstoss der Letzte Eiszeit.

    • Gossau-Deltaschotter

      Name Origin

      Sandgrube, nordwestlich Gossau (ZH)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Formation
      Status
      local name (informal)
      In short

      Deltaschotter der Hombrechtikon-Vergletscherung (frühe Birrfeld-Eiszeit).

      Age
      Late Pleistocene
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