«Klaus-Schichten» (Präalpen)

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
«Klaus-Schichten» (Präalpen)
Français
«Couches de Klaus» (Préalpes)
Italiano
«Strati di Klaus» (Prealpi)
English
«Klaus Beds» (Prealps)
Origin of the Name

Klausalp bei Hallstatt (Österreich)

Historical Variants

Couches de Klaus (von Hauer 1867 S.764), Couches de Klaûs (de Girard 1901), Klaus-Schichten (Paulcke 1906)

Components

Fossil Content
  • bivalves

Posidonomya alpina (= Bathonien)

Age

Age at top
  • Middle Jurassic
Age at base
  • Middle Jurassic

Palaenography and tectonic

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