Teufelsloch-Member
Representation and status
- Index
- jm-opt
- Color CMYK
- (0%,11%,5%,14%)
- Color RGB
- R: 220 G: 195 B: 210
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Teufelsloch-Member
- Français
- Membre du Teufelsloch
- Italiano
- Membro del Teufelsloch
- English
- Teufelsloch Member
- Origin of the Name
-
Teufelsloch (Deutschland)
- Historical Variants
-
Teufelsloch-Subformation = Teufelsloch Member (Franz & Nitsch 2009), Teufelsloch-Subformation (LGRB 2016)
Links
- Non-synonyms
Description
- Thickness
- 90-100 m, bis max. > 120 m in Tiefbohrungen im Raum Bruchsal (Franz & Nitsch 2009)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
- Upper boundary
-
Zillhausen-Sbf.
- Lower boundary
-
Jurensismergel-Fm.
Age
- Age at top
-
- early Aalenian
- Age at base
-
- late Toarcian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Süddeutschland
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Dogger of the Jura Mountains
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
-
- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic
References
- Definition
-
2009) :
Zur lithostratigraphischen Gliederung des Aalenium in Baden-Württemberg. LGRB-Informationen 22, 123-146
The main part of this formation, named here Teufelsloch Member, consists of about 100 m of grey shale, almost free of sand.
(
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«Lucinenbank»
- Name Origin
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Namengebendes Fossil: Bivalvengattung Lucina Bruguière 1797, insb. der Art Mesomiltha («Lucina») plana (Zieten 1832)
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Bed
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
- In short
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... ca. in der Mitte des Teufelsloch-Members (süddeutsche Opalinuston-Formation).
- Age
- early Aalenian