«Untere Cardinienschichten»

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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
incorrect term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Untere Cardinienschichten»
Français
«Couches inférieures à Cardinia»
Italiano
«Strati inferiores a Cardinia»
English
«Lower Cardinia Beds»
Historical Variants

Untere Cardinienschichten (Trümpy 1949, Rutsch et al. 1966).

Description

Description

Tonschiefer und dünnbankige, feinkörnige Kalksandsteine mit Kreuzschichtung und Rippelmarken.

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

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

Ammoniten-Biostratigraphie (Trümpy 1949): Schlotheimia angulata (Schlotheim).

Geography

Type area
Glarner Alpen.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Trümpy R. (1949) : Der Lias der Glarner Alpen. Denkschr. Schweiz. natf. Ges. 79/1
Definition
Rutsch R. F., ... (1966) : Alpes suisses et Tessin méridional. Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, fasc. 7c

1. Untere Cardinienschichten: Tonschiefer und dünnbankige, feinkörnige Kalksandsteine mit Kreuzschichtung und Rippelmarken.
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