Wölflinswil-Eisenoolith

Representation and status

Rank

lithostratigraphic Bed

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Wölflinswil-Eisenoolith

Français

Oolite ferrugineuse de Wölflinswil

Italiano

Oolite di ferro di Wölflinswil

English

Wölflinswil Iron Oolite

Origin of the Name

Wölflinswil (AG)

Historical Variants

Wölflinswiler Flöz, Oberes Erzlager, obere Erzbank

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Herznach-Member

Units at floor

• «Leitschicht»

Palaenography and tectonic

• Dogger of the Jura Mountains

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic