«Gipskeuper»

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 125 G: 125 B: 125

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

«Gipskeuper»

Français

«Keuper gypseux»

Italiano

«Keuper gessoso»

English

«Gypsum Keuper»

Historical Variants

Gipskeuper, der Gypskeuper (Tobler 1905 Tab.9, Disler 1914 S.78), gypse et anhydrite keupriques (Rollier 1910), Keuper gypsifère, Keuper gypseux

Description

Thickness

ca. 60 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• «Schilfsandstein»

Age

Age at top

• Carnian

Age at base

• Ladinian

Palaenography and tectonic

• Triassic of the Jura Mountains

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic