Kehlbach-Member

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Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Kehlbach-Member
English
Kehlbach Member
Historical Variants

Kehlbach-Member (Böhm et al. 1995)

Description

Thickness
2-15 m (Böhm et al. 1995

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • early Pliensbachian (= Carixian)
Age at base
  • early Pliensbachian (= Carixian)

References

Definition
Böhm Florian, Dommergues Jean-Louis, Meister Christian (1995) : Breccias of the Adnet Formation: indicators of a Mid-Liassic tectonic event in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Salzburg/Austria). Geol. Rundschau 84, 272-286

p.273: The Kehlbach Member is very similar to the Schmiedwirt Member. Characteristically it is richer in marls, echinoderms and belemnites. Thin lens-like breccias occur locally. It forms a conspicuous red intercalation in the grey basinal series of the Glasenbach gorge, but is also well exposed and easier to access at Kehlbach, with 15 m of red marly limestones (Böhm 1992:112). The Kehlbach Member is only about 2 m thick at Schmiedwirt, forming the remarkably marly top of the section. It is of Carixian age.

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