Mittlere Juranagelfluh

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,7%,36%,14%)
Color RGB
R: 220 G: 205 B: 140
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Mittlere Juranagelfluh
Français
Mittlere Juranagelfluh
Italiano
Mittlere Juranagelfluh
English
Mittlere Juranagelfluh
Historical Variants

Mittlere Juranagelfluh (Graf 1991, Bausch & Schober 1997, Diebold et al. 2006, Bitterli-Dreher et al. 2007)

Description

Description

Nagelfluhhorizonte der oberen OMM, die durch einen hohen Anteil an Malm- und Doggergeröllen charakterisiert sind.

Age

Age at top
  • Langhian
Age at base
  • Burdigalian
Dating Method

MN4/MN5 (Bitterli-Dreher et al. 2007)

Geography

Type area
Kleinen Randen
Point of interest
  • Chalofe (AG)
    Site particularities
    • Obergrenze
    • Untergrenze
    • typische Fazies
    Coordinates
    • (2653790 / 1258700)
    Note
    • Diebold et al. 2006
  • Umiken-Riniken (AG)
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Coordinates
    • (2655970 / 1260350)
    Note
    • Bitterli-Dreher et al. 2007

Palaenography and tectonic

  • OMM-II
Paleogeography
North Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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