«Mittagsspitz-Schichten»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Mittagsspitz-Schichten»
Français
«Couches du Mittagsspitz»
Italiano
«Strati del Mittagsspitz»
English
«Mittagsspitz Beds»
Origin of the Name

Damülser Mittagspitze (AT)

Historical Variants

Mittagsspitz-Schichten (Felber & Wyssling 1979), Mittagspitzschichten (Tollmann 1985), Mittagspitz-Member (Bollinger 1988)

Description

Thickness
40-50 m (Felber & Wyslling 1979)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Geography

Geographical extent
Vorarlberg.

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
South Helvetic Domain
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Felber P., Wyssling G. (1979) : Zur Stratigraphie und Tektonik des Südhelvetikums im Bregenzerwald (Vorarlberg). Eclogae geol. Helv. 72/3, 673-714
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