Sandpass-Formation

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,53%,71%,25%)
Color RGB
R: 190 G: 90 B: 55
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Sandpass-Formation
Français
Formation du Sandpass
Italiano
Formazione del Sandpass
English
Sandpass Formation
Origin of the Name

Sandpass (GL)/(GR), W Chli Tödi

Historical Variants
Sandpassformation (Böhm 1986), Sandpass-Formation (Böhm 1988, Oberhänsli et al. 1988), Sandpass Formation (Berger et al. 2017)

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary
Mesozoische Sedimente des Autochtones
Lower boundary
Val-Gliems-Formation bzw. Altkristallin

Age

Age at top
  • Artinskian
Age at base
  • Artinskian

Geography

Geographical extent
Chli Tödi, Val Gliems.
Type area
Tödi (GL/GR)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • volcanic
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