Feuerstätter-Sandstein

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Feuerstätter-Sandstein
Français
Grès du Feuerstätter
Italiano
Arenaria del Feuerstätter
English
Feuerstätter Sandstone
Historical Variants

Flyschsandstein (Gümbel 1861 S.496, Mylius 1912 S.79), Quarzit [am Feuerstätterkopf] (Cornelius 1921 S.145), Feuerstättersandstein (Cornelius 1925), Feuerstätter Sandstein (Cornelius 1926), Saluier (Hügel 1956, Prey 1968), Feuerstätter-Sandstein = Feuerstätter Sandstone (Piller et al. 2022)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Das Wort "Kopf" innerhalb eines Bergnamens wird oft weggelassen. Der gut eingeführte Name "Feuerstätter-Sandstein" sollte nicht durch "Feuerstätterkopf-Sandstein" ersetzt werden. (Piller et al. 2022)

Description

Thickness
8-50 m (Piller et al. 2022)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Eocene
Age at base
  • early Paleocene
Dating Method

"Gault" = Aptian-Albian (Cornelius 1926, Richter 1957), Early Paleocene to Eocene (Piller et al. 2022)

Geography

Geographical extent
Vorarlberg, Bayern.
Type area
Feuerstätter Kopf (Österreich)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Paleogene of the Helvetics
  • Mélanges
Paleogeography
Ultrahelvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Important Publications
Oberhauser Rudolf (1980) : Der Geologische Aufbau Österreichs. Geologischen Bundesanstalt Österreich
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