«Obere Salzfolge»

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Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Obere Salzfolge»
Français
«Zone salifère supérieure»
English
«Upper Salt Formation»
Historical Variants

Obere Salzfolge = Obere Bituminöse Zone + Bunte Mergel (Hinske 2003)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • «Bunte Mergel»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Mergelabfolge mit zwischengeschaltetem groben Konglomeraten reich an Hauptrogenstein-Gerölle sowie Süsswasserkalken.

    Age
    early Rupelian
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    • Oberer Haustein

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      In short

      Dépôt marin côtier équivalent des sables marins d'Alzey.

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    • Calcaire d'Allenjoie

      Name Origin

      Allenjoie (France, Doubs), au nord-est de Montbéliard

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Unterer Haustein

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      Age
      Priabonian
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  • «Zone bitumineuse supérieure» (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Age
    early Oligocene
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