«Oberer Betliskalk»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Oberer Betliskalk»
Français
«Oberer Betliskalk»
Italiano
«Oberer Betliskalk»
English
«Upper Betlis Limestone»
Historical Variants

Oberer Teil des Valangienkalkes = heller Kalk (Arn. Heim 1916), Upper Betliskalk = upper Betlis Member (Föllmi et al. 2006), Upper Betlis Limestone (Föllmi et al. 2007)

Description

Thickness
50-60 m (Heim 1916); max. 20 m (Föllmi et al. 2007)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Late Valanginian
Note about top

frühe verrucosum-Zone

Age at base
  • Early Valanginian
Note about base

späte campylotoxus-Zone

Dating Method

Biostratigraphie im umgrenzenden Einheiten (Ammoniten : Kuhn 1996).

Geography

Geographical extent
Mürtschenstock, Säntis, Mattstock.

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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