«Konglomeratstufe» (der OSM)
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)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Konglomeratstufe» (der OSM)
- Français
- «Konglomeratstufe» (OSM)
- Italiano
- «Konglomeratstufe» (OSM)
- English
- «Konglomeratstufe» (OSM)
- Historical Variants
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Konglomeratstufe = Hauptschüttungsphase (Büchi 1958 und 1960), Konglomeratstufe (Hofmann et al. 1975, Zaugg et al. 2008), Konglomerat-Schichten (Geyer et al. 2003)
Description
- Thickness
- 200-340 m (Büchi 1960), 20 bis max. 40 m am Seerücken (Zaugg et al. 2008).
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
Age
- Age at top
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- Tortonian
- Age at base
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- late Langhian
- Note about base
-
MN7 (spätes Langhien - frühes Serravalien)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- St. Galler-Molasse.
Palaenography and tectonic
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- OSM-II
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
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Helsighausen-Glimmersandstein
- Name Origin
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Glimmersandgrube Helsighausen (TG)
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
- Glimmersandstein-Bank im unteren Teil der «Konglomeratstufe» (auf 610-620 m ü.M.) am Seerücken.
- Age
- late Langhian