Schattwald-Mergelkalk

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Color RGB

R: 175 G: 225 B: 225

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Schattwald-Mergelkalk

Français

Calcaire marneux du Schattwald

Italiano

Calcare marnoso del Schattwald

English

Schattwald Marly Limestone

Origin of the Name

Schattwald (BE)

Historical Variants

Schattwaldschichten (Beck 1928, Stucky 1968), Unterkreide-Tithon (Günzler-Seiffert 1934), Schattwaldzone (Bl. Lauterbrunnen)

Links

Non-synonyms

Schattwald-Schichten

Age

Age at top

• Early Cretaceous

Age at base

• Tithonian

Dating Method

Unterkreide-Tithon

Geography

Geographical extent

Därlingen-Leissigen.

References

Definition

Beck P. (1928) : Über die Falkenfluhantiklinale bei Thun. Eclogae geol. Helv. 21/2, 320-322

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