Neuenburg-Formation

Representation and status

Index
qNE
Color RGB
R: 205 G: 220 B: 170
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Neuenburg-Formation
Français
Formation de Neuenburg
Italiano
Formazione di Neuenburg
English
Neuenburg Formation
Origin of the Name

Neuenburg am Rhein (Deutschland), Baden-Württemberg

Historical Variants

Neuenburg-Formation (Ellwanger et al. 2011, LGRB 2011), Neuenburg-Formation = Neuenburg Formation (Graf 2024), Formation de Neuchâtel-sur-le-Rhin [sic]

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Late Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Middle Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Südlicher Oberrhein-Graben (Geiswasser-Becken).

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • Hartheim-Subformation

    Name Origin

    Tiefbohrung Hartheim (Deutschland)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    Status
    local name (informal)
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  • Nambsheim-Subformation

    Name Origin

    Tiefbohrung Nambsheim (Deutschland)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    Status
    local name (informal)
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