«Oberer Buntsandstein»

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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 Buntsandstein»
Français
«Buntsandstein supérieur»
Italiano
«Buntsandstein superiore»
English
«Upper Buntsandstein»
Historical Variants

Oberer Buntsandstein = Rhöt (Fraas 1910), oberer Buntsandstein (Disler 1914, Fischer et al. 1971), Oberer Buntsandstein (Hinsken 2003)

Description

Thickness
Ca. 32 m (Disler 1914) ; 30-35 m (Fischer et al. 1971)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Early Anisian
Age at base
  • Early Anisian

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Disler Carl (1914) : Stratigraphie und Tektonik des Rotliegenden und der Trias beiderseits des Rheins zwischen Rheinfelden und Augst. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 25, 1-96

S.29: Der Obere Buntsandstein (ca. 32 m) gliedert sich in den Karneolhorizont und das Roth
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