«Obere Tonsteinschichten»

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Representation and status

Index
FSt
Color CMYK
(0%,4%,29%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 215 B: 160
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

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«Obere Tonsteinschichten»
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«Obere Tonsteinschichten»
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«Obere Tonsteinschichten»
English
«Obere Tonsteinschichten»
Historical Variants

Mergelreicher Abschnitt / Mergelzone an der Basis des Mittlerens Schlierensandsteins (Schaub 1951 und 1965), Obere Tonsteinschichten (Winkler 1983), Upper Tonsteinschichten (Bütler et al. 2011)

Description

Thickness
ca. 15-20 m ; 50 m (Schaub 1951)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Ypresian
Age at base
  • early Ypresian
Note about base

frühes Ilerdien

Geography

Type area
Grossschlierental (OW)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Flyschs
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

Material and varia

15203120
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