«Tonmergel-Schichten»

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Representation and status

Color RGB
R: 215 G: 140 B: 120
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Tonmergel-Schichten»
Français
«Tonmergel-Schichten»
Italiano
«Tonmergel-Schichten»
English
«Tonmergel-Schichten»
Historical Variants

Tonmergelstufe (Richter 1926 S.319, Muheim 1934 S.184), Tonmergelschichten = Rupel (Füchtbauer 1967), Tonmergel Beds, Tonmergel-Schichten (GBA 2007), Grisigen-Formation = Tonmergelschichten = Grisiger Mergel = Rupel (Friebe et al. 2007)

Description

Description

völlig einheitliche Serie von stumpfgrauen, zähen und kalkig-tonigen, d.h. schmierigen Mergeln, reich an Foraminiferen

Thickness
180-200 m bis über 600 m

Components

Fossil Content
  • ostracods
  • foraminifera

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • early Rupelian
Age at base
  • early Rupelian
Dating Method

Unteres Rupelium (GBA 2007)

Geography

Geographical extent
Bayern, Vorarlberg.

Palaenography and tectonic

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