Kännelegg-Kalknagelfluh

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Kännelegg-Kalknagelfluh
Français
Poudingue calcaire de la Kännelegg
Italiano
Conglomerato calcareo della Kännelegg
English
Kännelegg Calcareous Conglomerate
Origin of the Name

Kännelegg ?= Krienzeregg?, WNW Hergiswil (NW)

Historical Variants

Kalknagelfluh der Kännelegg (Baumberger 1925a), Kännelegg-Nagelfluh (Buxtorf 1936, Habicht 1987)

Description

Description

Kalknagelfluh innerhalb der Weggis-Formation.

Age

Age at top
  • early Chattian
Age at base
  • late Rupelian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • USM-I
Paleogeography
North Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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