«Baustein-Schichten»
Representation and status
- Color RGB
- R: 225 G: 165 B: 145
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Baustein-Schichten»
- Français
- «Baustein-Schichten»
- Italiano
- «Baustein-Schichten»
- English
- «Baustein-Schichten»
- Historical Variants
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Bausteinzone, Bausteinschichten (Füchtbauer 1964), Baustein-Zone (Trümpy et al. 1980), Baustein Beds, Baustein-Schichten (GBA 2007), Bausteinschichten = Horwer Schichten (Friebe et al. 2007)
Description
- Description
-
grobe Sandsteine mit mehreren Nagelfluhbänken, reich an Cyrenen und Cardien
- Thickness
- 30-250 m, 100 m im Durchschnitt (schwankt häufig und rasch)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
-
- late Rupelian
- Age at base
-
- late Rupelian
- Dating Method
-
Oberes Rupelium (GBA 2007)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Vom Inn bis zum Rhein.
- Type area
- Bayern (Deutschland)
Palaenography and tectonic
-
- Lower Marine Molasse
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
-
- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic