Table List in alphabetical order of lithified talus successions investigated for the present paper. In total, these talus successions cover an age range from at least about 480 ka to Holocene. The ages assigned to talus are either radiometric minimum ages determined by U/Th dating of diagenetic cement and/or less precise age assignments indicated by chronostratigraphic relations to deposits of well-known age, such as basal till of the Last Glacial Maximum. Altitude of lower pinchout of some talus successions is not well-constrained because of dense forestation. U/Th age assignments of diagenetic cements are from Ostermann (2006). LGM = Last Glacial Maximum in the Eastern Alps (21-18 ka, Patzelt 1980).

Location (in alphabetical order, with number) / Coordinates (UTM,WGS84)
zone-easting-northing / Facies association(s) / Slope aspect (asp)
Altitude [m a.s.l.] / Age or cementation age
(including 2 sigma standard deviation)
Remarks
#1
Ahornboden-Hohljoch / 32N-692000-5252421 / alluvial fan, debris flow talus (distal part), scree talus (proximal part) / asp: east
1300 - 1650 m / U/Th: 68 ± 3 ka
(age of cementation)
#2
Aspachhütte / 32N-676657-5239435 / scree talus / asp: south
1350 - 1580 m / pre-LGM
#3
Col Rodella / 32N-711000-5171300 / debris flow talus / asp: northwest
1900 - 1975 m / U/Th: 116.5 ± 7 ka
(age of cementation)
#4
Duftelalpe / 32N-642111-5253143 / debris flow talus / asp: south
1470 - 1500 m / pre-LGM
#5
Eibental / 32N-689303-5244475 / rockfall talus / asp: talus slope was southward exposed
1130 - 1300 m / pre-LGM
#6
Gießenbach / 32N-669187-5249337 / alluvial talus / asp: northeast
1100 - 1300 m / post-LGM
#7
Hochalmhütte / 32 N-682558-5255724 / debris flow talus / asp: north
1540 - 1680 m / post-LGM
Only partly lithified
#8
Hochlandhütte / 32N- 674752-5257902 / debris flow talus
(poorly exposed) / asp: west
1580 - 1640 m / pre-LGM (probably)
#9
Hötting Breccia
(herein only topographically upper part considered) / 32N-680561-5240624 / distal: alluvial fan/debris-flow talus, to proximal: rockfall talus, scree talus / asp: south
1000 - 1900 m / Riss-Würm interglacial (Eemian): Ampferer (1914)
U/Th: 109 ± 6.5 ka
(age of cementation)
#10
Judenkopf / 32N-650703-5245169 / scree talus / asp: south
ca. 2000 - 2175 m / U/Th: 122 ± 7.7 ka
(age of cementation)
#11
Kleiner Karkopf / 32N-652548-5245837 / alluvial talus and debris-flow talus / asp: south
1630 - XXX m / pre-LGM
#12
Koglkofl / 32 N-7088-51699 / debris flow talus / asp: west
1470 - 1620 m / pre-LGM
#13
Lafatscher Joch south / 32N-686214-5245915 / scree talus / asp: south
1700 - 1960 m / post Late-Glacial(?)
#14
Larchl / 32N-692905-5245336 / scree talus / asp: south
1400 - 1520 m / U/Th: 45.3 ± 1.7 ka,
most probable age of cementation
(age range: 30-60 ka)
#15
Larchetstock / 32 N-674083-5257685 / scree talus / asp: north
?1300/1400 - 1620 m / pre-LGM?
#16
Martinswand / 32N-673366-5237210 / debris-flow talus to scree talus / asp:south
600 - 850 m / post Late-Glacial
#17
Ofelehn / 32 N-663439-5252150 / scree talus / asp: south
1500 - 1700 m / post Late-Glacial
#18
Plattentürm / 32N-688557-5245460 / debris flow talus to scree talus / asp: south
1710 - 2100 m / 'syn-glacial' (Würmian)
(pinchout and downlap onto former valley glacier?)
#19
Pyramidenspitz / 33N-295163-5276455 / scree talus / asp: south
1200 - 1700 m / post-LGM
#20
Reichenstein / 33N-465923-5267613 / alluvial talus to scree talus / asp: south, east
1360 - 1890 m / pre-LGM
Two distinct successions of different dip/age?
#21
Rosengartl gorge / 32N-630732-5233257 / scree talus / asp: southwest
880 - 850 m / U/Th: 8.3 ± 0.6 ka
(age of cementation)
Lithification by seepage out of rock cliff
#22
Sankt Veit / 32N-656027-5243313 / debris flow talus / asp: south
830 - 845 m / post-LGM
Lithification of openwork layers only.
Man-made outcrop
#23
Schloßbach gorge / 32N-669367-5238829 / scree talus / asp: west
720 m / U/Th: 9.6 ± 0.6 ka
(age of cementation)
Lithification by seepage out of talus slope
#24
Seisenberg gorge / 33N-331327-5265826 / rockfall talus, interfingering with alluvial deposits / asp: southeast
750 m / Holocene
Lithification only in patches
#25
Steinkarlgrat (Wörnergrat) / 32N-675901-5258477 / scree talus / asp: west
1800 - 1990 m / pre-LGM
#26
Straßberg gorge / 32N-654934-5243347 / scree talus / asp: east
(a) 840-940 m
(b) 880 - 900 m (dated location) / 9 ± 1 ka
(age of cementation)
Lithification associated with tufa-precipitating springs
#27
Tawald / 32N-698476-5247895 / debris-flow talus (distal) to scree talus (proximal) / asp: southwest
1300 - 1860 m / pre-LGM
#28
Teufelsgsäss / 32N-659268-5253700 / debris flow talus / asp: north
1930-1960 m / U/Th: 480 ± 20 ka
(age of cementation)
Oldest minimum-dated talus relict of the Alps
#29
Törl / 32N-686472-5243882 / rockfall talus (basal part), scree talus (upper part) / asp: south
1740 - 1820 m / U/Th: 181 ± 20 ka
(age of cementation)
#30
Urschenbach / 32N-692677-5244758 / alluvial fan (distal lower part) to scree talus (upper part) / asp: south
900 - 1050 m (location with dated cement) - 1520 m / U/Th: 8.6 ± 0.6 ka
(age of cementation)
Lithification confined mainly to openwork layers
#31
Viererspitz / 32N-674400-5258200 / debris flow talus / asp: north
1100 - 1560 m / pre-LGM
#32
Wörnerboden / 32N-676111-5259119 / debris flow talus to alluvial talus / asp: north
1630 - 1720 m / pre-LGM
#33
Xanderstal / 32N-666319-5252386 / debris flow talus / asp: west
1215-1440 m / pre-LGM

References

Ampferer O (1914) Über die Aufschliessung der Liegendmoräne unter der Höttinger Brekzie im östl. Weiherburggraben bei Innsbruck. Z f Gletscherk 8:145-159

Ostermann M (2006) Thorium-uranium age-dating of "impure" carbonate cements of selected Quaternary depositional systems of western Austria: results, implications, problems. Unpubl Ph D thesis, Univ. of Innsbruck, 173 pp

Patzelt G (1980) Neue Ergebnisse der Spät- und Postglazialforschung in Tirol. Jahresber d Österr Geogr Ges 76/77:11-18