Bescha-Dolomit
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Bescha-Dolomit
- Français
- Dolomie de la Bescha
- Italiano
- Dolomia della Bescha
- English
- Bescha Dolomite
- Origin of the Name
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Munt da la Bescha = Munt della Bes-cha (GR), südlich Crap Putèr
- Historical Variants
- --- (Spitz & Dyrenfürth 1915, Boesch et al. 1953), weisser Dolomit vom Crap Putèr (Spitz 1917), Triasdolomit (Bl. Zernez), --- (Müller 1970), Dolomit des Munt della Bescha (Trümpy 1972), kalkige Hauptdolomitserien am Munt della Bes-cha (Schmid 1973), Bescha Dolomit (Furrer et al. 1985)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Upper boundary
- Silvretta-Kristallin
- Lower boundary
- Tasna-Decke
Age
- Age at top
-
- Norian
- Age at base
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- Norian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Unterengadiner Fenster.
References
- Definition
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(1985) :
Field workshop on Triassic and Jurassic sediments in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 248, 81 S.
p.25: A transitional facies between the Diavel Fm. and the Nair Dolomit is called Bescha Dolomit.