Ostreenkalk-Formation

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Ostreenkalk-Formation
Français
Ostreenkalk-Formation
Italiano
Ostreenkalk-Formation
English
Ostreenkalk-Formation
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Ostreidae = Austern; siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants

Ostreenkalk (Schmassmann 1945), Ostreenkalk-Formation (Bloos et al. 2005, LGRB 2016)

Description

Description

Eisenooidführender Schichtkomplex mit hohe Chamosit-Gehalt.

Thickness
4-28 m (LithoLex).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • middle Bajocian
Age at base
  • middle Bajocian

Geography

Geographical extent
Schwäbische Alb, Oberrheintal, Randen (SH).

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • «Giganteuston»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    incorrect term (disused)
    Valid term
    Rimsingen-Ton [DE]
    In short

    Tonmergelhorizont an der Basis der Ostreenkalk-Formation.

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