Formation de Pechelbronn

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Pechelbronn-Formation
Français
Formation de Pechelbronn
Italiano
Formazione di Pechelbronn
English
Pechelbronn Formation
Origin of the Name

Pechelbronn (France, Bas-Rhin), au nord de l'Alsace

Historical Variants

Pechelbronner Schichten (van Werveke 1895), Pechelbronn-Formation (Ohmert 2017), Pechelbronn Group (Mojon et al. 2018)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Pechelbronn = Pechel-Brunnen = fontaine de la poix

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • early Oligocene
Age at base
  • late Eocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Nördlicher Oberrheingraben, Mainz-Becken.
Type area
Oberrhein-Graben

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Rhine Graben
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Pirkenseer Claudius, Rauber Gaëtan, Roussé Stéphane (2018) : A revised Palaeogene lithostratigraphic framework for the Northern Swiss Jura and the Southern Upper Rhine Graben and its relationship to the North Alpine Foreland Basin. Riv. Italiana Pal. Strat. 124/1, 163–246

  • «Zone bitumineuse supérieure» (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    Age
    early Oligocene
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  • «Versteinerungsreiche Zone»

    Name Origin

    Fossilreiche Schichten im mittleren Teil der Pechelbronn-Fm.

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Fossilreiche marine bis brackische Einschaltung (erste marine Ingression aus dem Norden) in der Mitte der limnisch-terrestrische Pechelbronn-Formation.

    Age
    early Rupelian
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    • Couches à hydrobies

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
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    • Couches à bryozoaires (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      Age
      early Oligocene
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    • Couches à Mytilus (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect name (though informally used)
      Age
      early Oligocene
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  • «Zone bitumineuse inférieure» (de la Fm. de Pechelbronn)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Bunte und teilweise klastische Ablagerungen im unteren Teil der Pechelbronn-Formation.

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  • «Rote Leitschicht»

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Basishorizont der Pechelbronn-Formation, mit eine voll marine pelagische obereozäne alpin-tethyale Foraminiferenfauna, gefolgt von limnischen Ablagerungen.

    Age
    late Eocene
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