Molassezone#

Molasse Zone (molasse-belt), geological name for the sea trough in the northern foot of the Alps, where the erosional debris of the Alps was deposited in the Neocene; in Austria the molasse zone includes the northern part of the Bregenzerwald Mountain Region in the province of Vorarlberg, where the molasse zone is completely covered by the alpine complex, the Alpine Foreland and the north-western part of the Weinviertel region.