«Melanien-Kalk»
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- Color CMYK
- (0%,11%,72%,8%)
- Color RGB
- R: 235 G: 210 B: 65
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- obsolete term (disused)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Melanien-Kalk»
- Français
- «Calcaire à Mélanies»
- Italiano
- «Calcare a Melania»
- English
- «Melania Limestone»
- Historical Variants
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«Oberer Süsswasserkalk», Lymnaeenkalk, Melanien-Kalk (Tobler 1905 Tab.2c), Melanienkalk (Tobler 1905 Tab.2d, Geyer et al. 2003), Calcaire lacustre de Brunstatt = Melanienkalk de Brunstatt (Rollier 1910), Calcaire à Mélanies (Meyer 1928), Melanienkalke (Hinske 2003)
Description
- Thickness
- 4.5-9 m am Isteiner Klotz, bis 30 m im Raum Basel, mehrere 100 m im südlichen Elsass (Wittelsheimer Becken, mit eingeschaltetem Steinsalz) (Geyer et al. 2003).
Components
Fossil Content
- cerithoids
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Rupelian
- Note about top
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"Sannoisien"
- Age at base
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- late Eocene
- Note about base
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"Sannoisien"
- Dating Method
-
Stampien (Rollier 1910)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Südlicher Oberrheingraben.
Palaenography and tectonic
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- USM-J
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Conditions of formation
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Übergangsbereich limnisch > brackisch-marin.
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic