Bergsturzablagerung von Kandersteg

Representation and status

Color CMYK

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Rank

instability

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Bergsturzablagerung von Kandersteg

Français

Dépôt d'écroulement de Kandersteg

Italiano

Deposito di frana di Kandersteg

English

Kandersteg rock avalanche deposit

Historical Variants

prähistorischer Bergsturz von Kandersteg (Turnau 1906), nacheiszeitlicher Bergsturz im Kandertal (Tinner et al. 2005), Kandersteg rock avalanche deposit = Kandersteg deposits = Kandersteg event (Singeisen et al. 2020)

Age

Age at top

• Holocene

Age at base

• Holocene

Geography

Geographical extent

Kandertal (BE)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Unconsolidated Deposits

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Singeisen Corinne, Ivy-Ochs Susan, Wolter Andrea, Steinemann Olivia, Akçar Naki, Yesilyurt Serdar, Vockenhuber Christof (2020) : The Kandersteg rock avalanche (Switzerland): integrated analysis of a late Holocene catastrophic event. Landslides