Tüllingen-Süsswasserkalk

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Representation and status

Index
O3T
Color CMYK
(0%,4%,48%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 250 G: 240 B: 130
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tüllingen-Süsswasserkalk
Français
Calcaire d'eau douce de Tüllingen
Italiano
Calcare d'acqua dolce di Tüllingen
English
Tüllingen Freshwater Limestone
Origin of the Name

Tüllingen (Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg), südwestlich von Lörrach

Historical Variants

calcaires à Helix Ramondi du Tullingerberg (Rollier 1904c), Tüllinger Süsswasserkalk, Tüllingerkalk (Tobler 1905 Tab.2a/d), Calcaires lacustres du Tüllingerberg (Rollier 1910), Tüllingen-Süsswasserschichten (inkl. Tüllingen-Kalke) (Geyer et al. 2003), Tüllinger Kalke = Tüllinger Süsswasserkalke (Hinske 2003), Tüllingersüsswasserkalkschichten Formation (Mennecart 2012), Tüllingen Formation (Pirkenseer et al. 2018)

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Synonyms
Calcaire d'eau douce de Delémont

Description

Thickness
160 m im Raum Basel – Lörrach (Geyer et al. 2003); bis 180 bei Lörrach, bis 370 m bei Müllheim (Hinske 2003)

Components

Fossil Content
  • gastropods
  • charophytes

Planorbis, Lymnaea, Plebecula, Characeen (Tectochara)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • late Chattian
Age at base
  • late Chattian
Dating Method

Rollier 1911

Geography

Geographical extent
Rheintalflexur (Basel – Lörrach).
Type area
Tüllinger Berg

Palaenography and tectonic

  • USM-J
Paleogeography
Rhine Graben
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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