«Roter Seewerkalk»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(12%,0%,49%,20%)
Color RGB
R: 180 G: 205 B: 105
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Roter Seewerkalk»
Français
«Calcaire rouge de Seewen»
Italiano
«Calcare rosso di Seewen»
English
«Red Seewen Limestone»
Historical Variants

«Roter Seewerkalk», Calcaires rouges (Moret 1934, Villars 1992), Red Seewen Limestone = RSL (Wohlwend et al. 2014)

Description

Description

Villars 1992:

Thickness
bis zu 10 m

Age

Age at top
  • Late Turonian
Age at base
  • Middle Turonian

Geography

Geographical extent
Bürgenstock (Schlanger et al. 1987), Säntis, Churfristen, Buchberg (Österreich ; Neuhuber et al. 2007).
Point of interest
  • Chäserugg (SG)
    Site particularities
    • Obergrenze
    • Untergrenze
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Grat
    Coordinates
    • (2742150 / 1224350)
    Note
    • Wohlwend et al. 2014

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Helvetics
Paleogeography
North Tethyan Shelf :
marge continentale européenne
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

Sédimentation pélagique condensée de la zone de transition entre plateforme et bassin, avec faible taux d'accumulation, nodularisation, vannage, tris granulométriques et cimentations précoces (Villars 1992).

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