«Unterer Quarzsandstein»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Unterer Quarzsandstein»
Français
«Grès quartzitique inférieur»
Italiano
«Arenaria di quarzo inferiore»
English
«Lower Quartz Sandstone»
Origin of the Name

Stratigraphische Lage und lithologische Zusammensetzung.

Historical Variants

Unterer Quarzsandstein (Kaufmann 1867, Mollet 1916, Bieri 1978, Menkveld-Gfeller 1993, 1995), Quarzsandstein = Untereocän (Baltzer 1906), Sandkalk und Sandstein (Alb. Heim), Unterer Sandstein (Schuhmacher 1948, Gigon 1952), Steriler Sandstein (Styger 1961)

Description

Thickness
22-28 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Tertiary
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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