«Lotharingien-Sandstein»

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Lotharingien-Sandstein»
Français
«Grès du Lotharingien»
Italiano
«Lotharingien-Sandstein»
English
«Lotharingien-Sandstein»
Historical Variants

grès sinémurien (Lugeon 1903), Quartzites sinémuriens (Lugeon 1910), Lotharingien = grès siliceux à patine verte ou violacée (Lugeon 1914), Lotharingien = Lotharingien-Quarzite (Schenker 1946), grès du Lotharingien (Epard 1989), Grès calcaires (Meister & Loup 1989), Grès du Lotharingien (Jordan 2007), Quartzites roux "lotharingiens"

Nomenclatorial Remarks

calcaires siliceux gris-cendré (Fellenberg / Bachmann in: Collet 1947)

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • late Sinemurian
Age at base
  • late Sinemurian
Dating Method

Bachmann 1878

Palaenography and tectonic

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