Lielibach-Flysch

Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Lielibach-Flysch
Français
Flysch du Lielibach
Italiano
Flysch del Lielibach
English
Lielibach Flysch
Origin of the Name

Lielibach (NW)

Historical Variants

Südhelvetischer Flysch im Gebiet des Vierwaldstätter Sees (Typus Lielibach) (Bayer 1982)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Flysch der Habkernzone / Flysch der Klippenunterlage (Geiger 1956) ; siehe auch Eckert 1963

Description

Description

+ glaukonitführenden Lithothamnienbreccien und intraformationellen Schlammbreccien = "Rutschbreccien" [= Slumps] (Geiger 1956)

Age

Age at top
  • late Eocene
Age at base
  • late Eocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Raum Beckenried - Emmetten (Lielibach, Chäsgädmertal, Fängtal), sowie in der Schladrüfi (westlich Alpnach).
Point of interest
  • Chäsgädmertal (NW)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Bachprofil
    Coordinates
    • (2681160 / 1199030)
    Note
    • Geiger 1956, Bayer 1982

Palaenography and tectonic

  • South-Helvetic Flysch
Paleogeography
South Helvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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