«Oberer 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
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Oberer Quarzsandstein»
Français
«Grès quartzitique supérieur»
Italiano
«Arenaria di quarzo superiore»
English
«Upper Quartz Sandstone»
Historical Variants

Quarzsandstein mit O. [Orthophragmina discus] (Alb. Heim), Oberer Sandstein (Schuhmacher 1948), Oberer Quarzsandstein (Baltzer 1906, Menkveld-Gfeller 1993, 1995)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Palaenography and tectonic

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