Gossau-Deltaschotter
Back to Hombrechtikon-VorstossRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (2%,0%,27%,14%)
- Color RGB
- R: 215 G: 220 B: 160
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Gossau-Deltaschotter
- Français
- Gravier deltaïque de Gossau
- English
- Gossau Deltaic Gravel
- Origin of the Name
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Sandgrube, nordwestlich Gossau (ZH)
- Historical Variants
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Deltaschotter von Gossau (Preusser et al. 2003, Keller & Krayss 2010), Gossau-Deltaschotter (Graf 2009, Bitterli et a. 2011), Deltaschotter bei Gossau (Graf 2024)
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Late Pleistocene
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Niederterrasse
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
References
- Definition
- (2003) : Timing of Late Pleistocene climate change in lowland Switzerland. Quat. Sci. Rev. 22, 1435 –1445