Bränd-Brekzie

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bränd-Brekzie
Français
Brèche de Bränd
Italiano
Breccia di Bränd
English
Bränd Breccia
Origin of the Name

Bränd (GL), NW Luchsingen

Historical Variants

Breccie von Bränd (Schindler 1959), Bränd-Brekzie (Hantke et al. 2019)

Description

Thickness
60 m (Hantke et al. 2019)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Early Jurassic
Age at base
  • Early Jurassic

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Liassic of the Helvetics
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

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