«Unterer Keuper»

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
«Unterer Keuper»
Français
«Keuper inférieur»
Italiano
«Keuper inferiore»
English
«Lower Keuper»
Historical Variants

Unterer Keuper = Kohlenkeuper = Lettenkohle (Fraas 1910), Unterer Keuper (Hinsken 2003)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Der «Untere Keuper» wird in der Schweiz neu als Asp-Member der Schinznach-Fm. definiert und somit der Muschelkalk-Gruppe zugeordnet.

Description

Thickness
10-40 m in Deutschland.

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Triassic of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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