Formazione di Wengen
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Wengen-Formation
- Français
- Formation de Wengen
- Italiano
- Formazione di Wengen
- English
- Wengen Formation
- Origin of the Name
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Wengen = La Valle (Italia), Val Badia / Alto Adige
- Historical Variants
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Wengener Schichten (Wissmann 1841, Fraas 1910, Frauenfelder 1916), Wengerschichten (Studer 1872), Wengenerschichten (Trümpy 1930), Strati di La Valle = Strati di Wengen = Lommeli Schichten = flysch ladinico (dal Piaz & Trevisan 1956), Wengener Schiefer
Description
- Description
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Ladinische Mergelfazies des «alpinen Keupers».
- Thickness
- Max. 400 m
Components
Fossil Content
- ammonites
- plants : Plantae
- bivalves
Halobia / Daonella lommeli
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- Ladinian
- Age at base
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- Ladinian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Alpi Meridionali (Italia).
- Type area
- Alto Adige (Italia)
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Triassic of the Southalpine
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
References
- Definition
- (1841) : Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. Graf Münsters Beiträge zur Petrefaktenkunde 4, 1-152
- Definition
- (1956) : Italia. Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, Fasc. 11