Buchenstein-Schichten

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Buchenstein-Schichten

Français

Couches de Buchenstein

Italiano

Strati di Livinallongo

English

Buchenstein Beds

Origin of the Name

Livinallongo = Buchenstein (Italia), Alta Valle del Cordevole

Historical Variants

Buchensteiner Schichten (von Richthofen 1860, Kayser 1902, Frauenfelder 1916), Buchensteiner Kalk (Fraas 1910), Buchensteinerschichten (Trümpy 1930), Strati di Livinallongo = Buchensteiner Schichten (dal Piaz & Trevisan 1956), Couches de Buchenstein (Hirsch 1966)

Age

Age at top

• Early Ladinian

Age at base

• Early Ladinian

Geography

Type area

Südtirol

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• South Alpine

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

von Richthofen F.V. (1860) : Geognostische Beschreibung Umgegend von Predazzo.

Definition

dal Piaz G., Trevisan L. (1956) : Italia. Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 11