Grünhorn-Member
Back to Aar MassifRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (11%,0%,11%,31%)
- Color RGB
- R: 155 G: 175 B: 155
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Grünhorn-Member
- Français
- Membre du Grünhorn
- English
- Grünhorn Member
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
- Grünhornserie (Widmer 1949, Jongmans 1950), Grünhorn-Serie (Rutsch et al. 1966), Volcanic Member (Franks 1968)
Description
- Description
- In lithologischer Hinsicht gleicht sie dem Ilanzer Verrucano.
- Thickness
- Bis ca. 200m (Widmer 1949, Franks 1968).
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
-
- Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)
- Age at base
-
- Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)
Geography
- Type area
- Tödi (GL)