Oberer Altdorfer Sandstein

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Oberer Altdorfer Sandstein
Français
Grès d'Altdorf supérieur
English
Upper Altdorf Sandstone
Origin of the Name

Altdorf (UR)

Historical Variants

obere Altdorfersandsteine (Brückner 1946), Grès d'Altdorf supérieurs (Vuagnat 1952), Altdorf-Sandstein (Obere Abteilung)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • North-Helvetic Flysch
Paleogeography
North Helvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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