«Oberer Quintner Kalk»

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Representation and status

Index
i8-c1
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Oberer Quintner Kalk»
Français
«Calcaire de Quinten supérieur»
Italiano
«Calcare di Quinten superiore»
English
«Upper Quinten Limestone»
Origin of the Name

Quinten (SG), am Walensee

Historical Variants

Oberer Quintnerkalk (Schindler 1959), oberer Quintnerkalk (Pfiffner 1972)

Description

Description

Dunkelgrauer, feinkörniger bis dichter Kalk.

Age

Age at top
  • Earliest Berriasian
Age at base
  • Tithonian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Malm of the Helvetics
Paleogeography
North Tethyan Shelf :
marge continentale européenne
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
  • «Auerkalk»

    Name Origin

    Au (Österreich), am südöstlichen Fuss der Mittagsfluh

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Fossilreicher Kalk im Dach der Quinten-Formation des Bregenzer Waldes.

    Age
    Earliest Berriasian
  • «Malm-Brekzie»

    Rank
    petrographic facies
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short

    Brekziöse Fazies des helvetischen Malms, meistens im mittleren bis oberen Teil des Oberen Quintner Kalk entwickelt.

    Age
    Tithonian
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