Betliskalk s.s.
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- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- petrographic facies
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Betliskalk s.s.
- Français
- Calcaire de Betlis s.s.
- Italiano
- Calcare di Betlis s.s.
- English
- Betlis Limestone s.s.
- Origin of the Name
-
Betlis (SG), am Walensee
Description
- Description
- Echinodermenreicher, kieseliger Kalk mit Schwammnadeln und Bryozoen.
Components
Fossil Content
- sponges
- echinoderms
- bryozoans
Age
- Age at top
-
- Early Valanginian
- Age at base
-
- Early Valanginian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Vorarlberg (A) bis Berner Oberland im nördlichen und mittleren Helvetikum.
- Type area
- Westliche Churfirsten (SG).
Palaenography and tectonic
-
- Neocomian
- Cretaceous of the Helvetics
- Paleogeography
-
North Tethyan Shelf
:
marge continentale européenne - Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
-
- sedimentary