Calcaire d'eau douce de Brunstatt

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Brunstatt-Süsswasserkalk
Français
Calcaire d'eau douce de Brunstatt
English
Brunstatt Freshwater Limestone
Origin of the Name

Brunstatt (France, Haut-Rhin), au sud de Mulhouse

Historical Variants

Calcaire de Brunstatt = Calcaire mélanien de Brunstatt = Melanienkalk de Brunstatt (Rollier 1910), Calcaire à Melania Laurae Math. = Calcaire de Brunstatt (Meyer 1928)

Age

Age at top
  • early Rupelian
Age at base
  • early Rupelian
Dating Method

faune de Mammifères du Sannoisien inférieur (Meyer 1928)

Geography

Geographical extent
Haute-Alsace.
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