Ostreenkalk-Formation
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- Color CMYK
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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
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Namengebendes Fossil: Ostreidae = Austern; siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).
- Historical Variants
- Ostreenkalk (Schmassmann 1945), Ostreenkalk-Formation (LGRB 2016)
Description
- Description
- Eisenooidführender Schichtkomplex mit hohe Chamosit-Gehalt.
- Thickness
- 4-28 m (LithoLex).
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- middle Bajocian
- Age at base
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- middle Bajocian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Randen (SH)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Dogger
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic