Wasterkingen-Schotter (Hochterrasse)

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(12%,0%,16%,16%)

Color RGB

R: 190 G: 215 B: 180

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Wasterkingen-Schotter (Hochterrasse)

Français

Gravier de Wasterkingen

Italiano

Ghiaia di Wasterkingen

English

Wasterkingen Gravel

Origin of the Name

Kiesgrube von Wasterkingen (ZH)

Historical Variants

Wasterkingen-Schotter (Graf 2009, Bl. Eglisau)

Age

Age at top

• Middle Pleistocene

Age at base

• Middle Pleistocene

Palaenography and tectonic

• Hochterrasse

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary