Pfäfers-Formation

Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 250 G: 240 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
provisional proposal

Nomenclature

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

Pfäfers(SG)

Historical Variants

Flyschartige Wechselfolge von Mergel, Kieselkalk, Sandkalk und Glimmersandstein = Pfäfers-Formation (Bl. Vättis)

Age

Age at top
  • Eocene
Age at base
  • Maastrichtian

Palaenography and tectonic

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