Rafz-Schotter

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Color RGB
R: 220 G: 230 B: 155
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Rafz-Schotter
English
Rafz Gravel
Origin of the Name

Ghürst (ZH), Hüntwangen

Historical Variants

oberste Terrasse, Rafz-Schotter (Graf 2009a, Bl. Eglisau), Rafz gravels (Kamleitner et al. 2023), Schotter der Rafzer Terrasse = Rafz-Schotter (Graf 2024)

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

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

Anhand von datierten Mammutresten kann das Alter des Rafz-Schotters (und damit der Lindmühle-Vergletscherung) auf maximal 29'000 Jahre veranschlagt werden (Preusser & Graf 2002).

Geography

Geographical extent
Rafzerfeld.
Type locality

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Niederterrasse
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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