Chli-Windgällen-Rhyolith

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,50%,63%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 100 B: 75
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Chli-Windgällen-Rhyolith
Français
Rhyolite de la Chli Windgällen
Italiano
Riolite della Chli Windgällen
English
Chli Windgällen Rhyolite
Origin of the Name

Chli Windgällen (UR)

Historical Variants

Porphyr der Windgälle = Windgällenporphyr = Quarzporphyr (Heim 1919), Windgällen ignimbrites (Franks 1968), Quarzporphyr der Windgällen (de Quervain 1969), Windgällen-Porphyr

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Asselian
Age at base
  • Gzhelian
Dating Method

299 +/-2 Ma (Schaltegger 1993)

Palaenography and tectonic

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