Bergsturzablagerung vom Rinderhorn

Representation and status

Color CMYK

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Rank

instability

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Bergsturzablagerung vom Rinderhorn

Français

Dépôt d'écroulement du Rinderhorn

Italiano

Deposito di frana del Rinderhorn

English

Rinderhorn rock avalanche deposit

Origin of the Name

Rinderhorn (BE)

Historical Variants

Bergsturz Rinderhorn = Daubensee-Bergsturz = Bergstürze des Kandertales [p.p.] (Flüeler 2011), Daubensee rock avalanche (Grämiger et al. 2020)

Age

Age at top

• Holocene

Age at base

• Holocene

Dating Method

9,8 +/-0,5 ka (Grämiger et al. 2016)

References

Definition

Grämiger Lorenz M., Moore Jeffrey R., Vockenhuber Christof, Aaron Jordan, Hajdas Irka, Ivy-Ochs Susan (2016) : Two early Holocene rock avalanches in the Bernese Alps (Rinderhorn, Switzerland). Geomorphology 268, 207-221

Results reveal that the Daubensee rock avalanche released ~4 millionm3 of limestone sliding fromthewestern crest of the Rinderhorn. Debris ran out across a Lateglacial moraine before reaching the valley bottom and spreading, leaving thin (on average 7 m) deposits across a broad area. The runout resulted in a Fahrböschung angle of 21°. Part of the deposit now lies beneath Lake Daubensee.