Gontenbach-Sandstein

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,10%,24%,4%)

Color RGB

R: 245 G: 220 B: 185

Rank

lithostratigraphic Bed

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Gontenbach-Sandstein

Français

Grès du Gontenbach

Italiano

Arenaria del Gontenbach

English

Gontenbach Sandstone

Origin of the Name

Gegenüber den Gontenbach (ZH)

Historical Variants

Gontenbach-Sandstein (Gubler 1987)

Palaenography and tectonic

• OSM-II

Paleogeography

North Alpine Foreland Basin

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary