Hochfeld-Bank

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 255 G: 225 B: 135
Rank
chronostratigraphic Subperiod
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Hochfeld-Bank
Français
Banc du Hochfeld
Italiano
Strato del Hochfeld
English
Hochfeld Bed
Origin of the Name

Hochfeld (BL), südlich von Therwil

Historical Variants

Hochfeld Bed (Pirkenseer et al. 2018)

Components

Fossil Content
  • gastropods

Gastéropodes d'eau douce à saumâtre (Gutzwiller 1893, Gutzwiller 1914, Koch 1923, Baumberger 1927).

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Geography

Geographical extent
Présence très locale dans la région au sud et à l'ouest de Bâle.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Pirkenseer Claudius, Rauber Gaëtan, Roussé Stéphane (2018) : A revised Palaeogene lithostratigraphic framework for the Northern Swiss Jura and the Southern Upper Rhine Graben and its relationship to the North Alpine Foreland Basin. Riv. Italiana Pal. Strat. 124/1, 163–246
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