Mainz-Becken

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Representation and status

Index
MzB
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 230 G: 235 B: 240
Rank
sedimentary basin
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mainz-Becken
Français
bassin de Mayence
Italiano
bacino di Magonza
English
Mainz basin
Origin of the Name

Mainz (Deutschland), Rheinland-Pfalz

Historical Variants

Mainz Basin, golfe de Mayence (Rollier 1893)

Age

Age at top
  • early Miocene
Age at base
  • Oligocene

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Rhine Graben
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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