Pfefferberg-Süsswasserkalk

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(10%,0%,0%,2%)

Color RGB

R: 225 G: 250 B: 250

Rank

lithostratigraphic Bed

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Pfefferberg-Süsswasserkalk

Français

Calcaire d'eau douce du Pfefferberg

Italiano

Calcare d'acqua dolce del Pfefferberg

English

Pfefferberg Freshwater Limestone

Origin of the Name

Pfefferberg = Pfäfferberg (ZH) im Sihltal, Hirzel

Historical Variants

LN Pfefferberg (Gubler 1987), Süsswasserkalk Pfefferberg (Gubler 2009)

Age

Age at top

• Langhian

Age at base

• Langhian

Geography

Geographical extent

In den Bächen von Steinmatt (ZH) am Pfefferberg (686550/232240)

Palaenography and tectonic

• OSM-II

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic