Ampfing-Sandstein

Representation and status

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Ampfing-Sandstein

Français

Grès d'Ampfing

Italiano

Arenaria di Ampfing

English

Ampfing Sandstone

Origin of the Name

Ampfing (Deutschland), Oberbayern

Historical Variants

Ampfinger Sandstein (Füchtbauer 1964, Hahn 1967), Ampfinger Schichten (Prey 1957, Müller 1978), Ampfinger Formation (Wagner 1996), Ampfing-Formation (Piller et al. 2022)

Age

Age at top

• Aquitanian

Age at base

• Aquitanian

Dating Method

Late Eocene to early Oligocene (Piller et al. 2022)

Geography

Geographical extent

Oberbayern, am Rand des Böhmischen Massivs.

Type area

Oberbayern (Deutschland)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Molasse

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Conditions of formation

Marine Fazies (inner schelf)

Metamorphism

non metamorphic

References

Definition

Piller Werner E. (Ed.) et al. (2022) : The lithostratigraphic units of Austria: Cenozoic Era(them). Abhandlungen des Geologischen Bundesanstalts 76

Material and varia

Applications

Galt als Ölreservoir im (?Liegenden des?) Molasse-Becken.