«Formation spathique»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Spatkalkformation»
Français
«Formation spathique»
Italiano
«Formation spathique»
English
«Spathic Limestone Formation»
Historical Variants

Formation spathique (Spicher 1966, Gisiger 1967, Thury 1973, Furrer 1979), Calcaires spathiques (Page 1969, Andrey 1974), Spatkalk-Formation (Thury 1971), Spatkalk = Spatkalkformation (Isenschmid 1979)

Components

Fossil Content
  • crinoids
  • algae
  • foraminifera
  • brachiopods
  • bivalves
  • bryozoans

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

Calcaires pélitiques

Lower boundary

Calcaires oolithiques

Age

Age at top
  • Aalenian
Age at base
  • Pliensbachian
Dating Method

Sinémurien inférieur - Toarcien moyen (Page 1969)

Palaenography and tectonic

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