Gurbsbach-Fossilhorizont

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,0%,0%,100%)
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
unknown status

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Gurbsbach-Fossilhorizont
Français
Horizon au fossile de Gurbsbach
Italiano
Orizzonte a fossile di Gurbsbach
English
Gurbsbach fossil horizon
Origin of the Name

Gurbsbach (SG), Seeztal

Historical Variants
Fossilhorizont von Gurbsbach-Berschnerbach (Arn. Heim 1916), Gurbsbachfossilschicht (Dollfus 1965).

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • late Bajocian
Age at base
  • late Bajocian
Dating Method
Biostratigraphie: Ammoniten der Subfurcatum- und Garantiana-Zone (Bircher 1935, Dollfus 1965).

Geography

Geographical extent
Alviergruppe

Palaenography and tectonic

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