Calpionellenkalk der Arosa-Decke

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(28%,7%,0%,10%)
Color RGB
R: 165 G: 215 B: 230
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Calpionellenkalk der Arosa-Decke
Français
Calcaire à Calpionelles de la nappe d'Arosa
English
Calpionella Limestone of the Arosa nappe
Historical Variants
Calpionellenkalk = Aptychenkalk (Green 1982), Calpionellenkalk-Formation (Lüdin 1987), Aptychenkalk-Serie (Friebe 2007), Calpionella or Aptychus limestone (Mateeva et al. 2017)

Description

Thickness
Über 20 m im Gebiet von Arosa bis max. knapp 30 m am Rätschenjoch (Lüdin 1987).

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Upper boundary
Palombini-Formation
Lower boundary
Stratigraphischer Kontakt über die Radiolarit-Fm.

Age

Age at top
  • Berriasian
Age at base
  • Tithonian

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Piemont Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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