Calpionellenkalk der Platta-Decke

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(28%,7%,0%,10%)
Color RGB
R: 165 G: 215 B: 230
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Calpionellenkalk der Platta-Decke
Historical Variants

Hyänenmarmore des tieferen Malms (Staub 1942a), Calpionella Limestone = Aptychus Limestone (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)

Description

Thickness
Ca. 5 m (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997).

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

Post-rift sediments (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)

References

Definition
Manatschal Gianreto, Nievergelt Peter (1997) : A continent-ocean transition recorded in the Err and Platta nappes (Eastern Switzerland). Eclogae geol. Helv. 90/1, 3-27

p.9: Light-colored micritic limestones with intercalations of shales (Calpionella Limestone or Aptychus Limestone), about 30 to 40 m thick in the Err and about 5 m in the Piatta nappe, ...
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