Kamelenberg-Nagelfluh

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(2%,0%,33%,18%)

Color RGB

R: 205 G: 210 B: 140

Rank

lithostratigraphic Bed

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Kamelenberg-Nagelfluh

Français

Poudingue du Kamelenberg

Italiano

Conglomerato del Kamelenberg

English

Kamelenberg Conglomerate

Origin of the Name

Kamelenberg / Kammelenberg (SG), östlich St. Georgen

Historical Variants

Kamelenbergnagelfluh (Büchi 1955), Kamelenberg-Nagelfluh (Naef 2015)

Description

Description

Bunte (Kalk-)Nagelfluh.

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• Biserhof-Nagelfluh

Palaenography and tectonic

• OMM-I
• Molasse

Paleogeography

North Alpine Foreland Basin

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Büchi Ulrich P. (1955) : Zur Geologie der Oberen Meeresmolasse von St. Gallen. Eclogae geol. Helv. 48/2, 257-321

Definition

Naef Henry (2015) : Die Geothermie-Tiefbohrung St. Gallen GT-1. Ber. St. Gallischen Naturw. Ges. 92, 359-392

Konglomerat (Kalknagelfluh und Bunte Nagelfluh).