Winterthur-Bentonit
Representation and status
- Index
- W
- Color CMYK
- (0%,4%,0%,0%)
- Color RGB
- R: 255 G: 245 B: 255
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Bed
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Winterthur-Bentonit
- Français
- Bentonite de Winterthur
- Italiano
- Bentonite di Winterthur
- English
- Winterthur Bentonite
- Origin of the Name
-
Kollbrunn (ZH), südöstlich Winterthur
- Historical Variants
- Winterthurer Bentonit, Kollbrunn (Winterthur) bentonite (Kälin & Kempf 2009)
Age
- Age at top
-
- Langhian
- Age at base
-
- Langhian
- Dating Method
- 14.29 ± 0.10 Ma (Codon et al. 2008)
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- volcanic
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic