«Cardienbank»

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Representation and status

Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Cardienbank»
Français
«Banc à Cardium»
English
«Cardium Bed»
Origin of the Name

Namengebendes Fossil: Muschelgattung Cardium.

Historical Variants

Cardienbank (Habicht 1987)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Geography

Geographical extent
Menzeln SW St. Gallen und in der Steinachschlucht S St. Gallen.

Palaenography and tectonic

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