Unteres Member (Fuorn-Fm.)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,53%,100%,8%)
Color RGB
R: 235 G: 110 B: 0
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Unteres Member (Fuorn-Fm.)
Français
Membre inférieur (Fm. du Fuorn)
Italiano
Membro inferiore (Fm. del Fuorn)
English
Lower Member (Fuorn Fm.)
Historical Variants
Abteilung 1H (Dössegger 1974), 1. lower carbonate rich member (Furrer et al. 1985)
Nomenclatorial Remarks
Member wurde noch nicht benannt.

Description

Thickness
Ca. 27 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Early Triassic
Age at base
  • Early Triassic

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Dössegger Rudolf (1974) : Verrucano und Buntsandstein in den Unterengadiner Dolomiten. Mitt. Geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 235
Definition
Furrer Heinz (Ed.) (1985) : Field workshop on Triassic and Jurassic sediments in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 248, 81 S.
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