«Aalénienschiefer»

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Representation and status

Index
as
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Aalénienschiefer»
Français
«Aalénien schisteux»
Origin of the Name

Dieser Begriff basiert auf dem Aalénien-Alter der Einheit.

Historical Variants

---- (Lugeon 1912-1916, Stauffer 1924), Aalénienschiefer (Günzler-Seiffert 1933), Aalénientonschiefer (von Tavel 1936), Aalénien-Tonschiefer (Schenker 1946), Untere und obere Aalénienschiefer (Schindler 1959), Aalenianschiefer = Aalenian-Tonschiefer = schistes argileux de l'Aalénien (Grasmück 1961), shales de l'Aalénien (Massaad 1973), Aalénien-Schiefer (Herb et al. 1978), Aalénian (Frey et al. 1982), Aalénien-Tonschiefer (Jordan 2007), Schistes argileux aaléniens

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • middle Aalenian
Age at base
  • early Aalenian

Geography

Geographical extent
Helvétique de Suisse occidentale.

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Helvetics
Paleogeography
South Helvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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