Baltringen-Schichten
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,7%,36%,14%)
- Color RGB
- R: 220 G: 205 B: 140
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Baltringen-Schichten
- Français
- Couches de Baltringen
- English
- Baltringen Beds
- Historical Variants
- Grobe Molasse und Muschelsandstein von Baltringen (Berz 1915), Baltringerhorizont (Büchi & Hofmann 1960), Baltringen-Schichten (Geyer et al. 2002)
- Nomenclatorial Remarks
- Bodman-Sande auct.
Description
- Thickness
- 1 – 6 m (Geyer et al. 2003)
Components
Fossil Content
- ostreids
- shark teeth
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Upper boundary
- Allmähliche Obergrenze zum feinsandig-siltigen Deckenschichten.
- Lower boundary
- Scharfe Untergrenze mit Erosionsdiskordanz und groben alpinen Geröllagen.
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Bodenseegebiet.