Höwenegg-Schichten
Back to Üetliberg-SchichtenRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Höwenegg-Schichten
- Français
- Couches du Höwenegg
- Italiano
- Strati del Höwenegg
- English
- Höwenegg Beds
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Höweneggschichten (Hofmann 1957b, Büchi 1960), Höwenegg-Schichten (Nagra 2004), Höwenegg-Formation (Jordan 2007)
Description
- Thickness
- Ca. 60 m (Büchi 1960).
Components
Fossil Content
- mammals
Hipparion
Hierarchy and sequence
- Upper boundary
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Melilithbasalte des Hegaus.
Age
- Age at top
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- Messinian
- Age at base
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- Tortonian
- Dating Method
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«Pontien» (Hofmann 1957b, Büchi 1960): Hipparion (Tobien 1938).
Geography
- Type area
- Hegau (Baden-Württemberg, Süddeutschland)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Quaternary
- OSM-II
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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Quaternary
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Quaternary Deposits
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Quaternary
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- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary