Bratschen

Bratschen are weathering products that occur as a result of frost and aeolian corrasion almost exclusively on the calc-schists of the Upper Slate Mantle (Obere Schieferhülle) in the High Tauern mountains of Austria. The term is German.

The calc-schist, that appears blue-gray when freshly broken, weathers to a yellow to brown colour and flakes off on the surface to form Bratschen.^[1] These form steep (up to 40°), rocky, almost unvegetated mountainsides with an odd and rough-textured surface, caused by wind erosion. Bratschen are found on the mountains such as the Fuscherkarkopf, the Großer Bärenkopf, the Kitzsteinhorn, the Schwerteck or on the – eponymous – Bratschenköpfen.

References

^ H. P. Cornelius, E. Clar (1935), Geologische Bundesanstalt — Wien III (ed.), [pdf, geologie.ac.at "Erläuterungen zur geologischen Karte des Großglocknergebietes"], Geologische Karte der Republik Österreich, p. 10, retrieved 5 May 2010 {{citation}}: Check |url= value (help)

Source

Karl Krainer (2005), Nationalpark Hohe Tauern GEOLOGIE – Wissenschaftliche Schriften (2nd ed.), Klagenfurt: Universitätsverlag Carinthia, p. 140, ISBN 3-85378-585-9

[1] H. P. Cornelius, E. Clar (1935), Geologische Bundesanstalt — Wien III (ed.), [pdf, geologie.ac.at "Erläuterungen zur geologischen Karte des Großglocknergebietes"], Geologische Karte der Republik Österreich, p. 10, retrieved 5 May 2010 {{citation}}: Check |url= value (help)

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