Chli-Windgällen-Rhyolith
Back to Aar MassifRepresentation 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
- Historical Variants
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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
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- Asselian
- Age at base
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- Gzhelian
- Dating Method
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299 +/-2 Ma (Schaltegger 1993)
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- volcanic