«Pliensbachien-Spatkalk»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
Beds (Submember)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Pliensbachien-Spatkalk»
Français
«Calcaire spathique du Pliensbachien»
Italiano
«Pliensbachien-Spatkalk»
English
«Pliensbachien-Spatkalk»
Historical Variants

Pliensbachien (Lugeon 1903), Calcaires arénacés (Lugeon 1910), Pliensbachien = calcaires arénacés détritiques avec Ammonites (Lugeon 1914), Calcaires spathiques (Meister & Loup 1989)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • late Pliensbachian (= Domerian)
Age at base
  • late Sinemurian

Palaenography and tectonic

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