«Obere Tonschiefer» (Bommerstein-Fm.)

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Obere Tonschiefer» (Bommerstein-Fm.)
Français
«Obere Tonschiefer» (Fm. du Bommerstein)
Italiano
«Obere Tonschiefer» (Fm. del Bommerstein)
English
«Obere Tonschiefer» (Bommerstein Fm.)
Historical Variants

Obere Tonschieferserie, obere Tonschiefer und Quarzite (Dollfus 1965), Oberer Schiefer-Horizont (Bl. Brienz)

Description

Thickness
4 m im Vättiser Gebiet (Dollfaus 1965) (Dollfus 1965)

Geography

Geographical extent
Walenstadtgebiet, sowie lokal im Tödigebiet.

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Jurassic
Paleogeography
North Tethyan Shelf :
marge continentale européenne
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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