Betliskalk s.s.

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Representation and status

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

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof

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
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