«Oberer Betliskalk»
Back to Glarus Nappe ComplexRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
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- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Oberer Betliskalk»
- Français
- «Oberer Betliskalk»
- Italiano
- «Oberer Betliskalk»
- English
- «Upper Betlis Limestone»
- Historical Variants
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Oberer Teil des Valangienkalkes = heller Kalk (Arn. Heim 1916), Upper Betliskalk = upper Betlis Member (Föllmi et al. 2006), Upper Betlis Limestone (Föllmi et al. 2007)
Description
- Thickness
- 50-60 m (Heim 1916); max. 20 m (Föllmi et al. 2007)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Valanginian
- Note about top
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frühe verrucosum-Zone
- Age at base
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- Early Valanginian
- Note about base
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späte campylotoxus-Zone
- Dating Method
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Biostratigraphie im umgrenzenden Einheiten (Ammoniten : Kuhn 1996).
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Mürtschenstock, Säntis, Mattstock.
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary