«Unterer Muschelkalk»

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)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Unterer Muschelkalk»
Français
«Muschelkalk inférieur»
Italiano
«Muschelkalk inferiore»
English
«Lower Muschelkalk»
Historical Variants

Unterer Muschelkalk = Wellengebirge (Fraas 1910), Muschelkalk inférieur (Caire 1970), Unterer Muschelkalk (Hinsken 2003)

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Description

Thickness
30-40 m (Trümpy et al. 1980) ; 21-43 m in der Umgebung von Salins (Caire 1970)

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Anisian
Age at base
  • Anisian

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Germanic basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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