«Kohle-Serie» (Weiach-Fm.)

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(6%,0%,18%,33%)
Color RGB
R: 160 G: 170 B: 140
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Kohle-Serie» (Weiach-Fm.)
Français
«Série à charbon» (Fm. de Weiach)
Italiano
«Kohle-Serie» (Fm. di Weiach)
English
«Coal series» (Weiach Fm.)
Historical Variants

Kohle-Serie (Matter 1987, Matter et al. 1988a, Diebold 1988), coal-bearing swamp, fluvial and alluvial sediments = Kohle Serie (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Description

Thickness
Ca. 200 m (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Late Pennsylvanian
Age at base
  • Late Pennsylvanian
Dating Method

Stéphanien (Matter et al. 1988a)

Geography

Geographical extent
Tiefbohrung Weiach.

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Permo-Carboniferous of Northern Switzerland
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

Flussrinnen und Schwemmebene mit Sümpfen

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