Schnottwil-Muschelsandstein

Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Schnottwil-Muschelsandstein
Français
Grès coquillier de Schnottwil
English
Schnottwil Shelly Sandstone
Origin of the Name

Schnottwil (SO) [siehe auch Steigrüebli]

Historical Variants

Muschelnagelfluh von Schnottwil = Schnottwiler Nagelfluh (Habicht 1987)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • OMM-I
Paleogeography
North Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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