Tannholz-Formation

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(11%,0%,16%,14%)
Color RGB
R: 195 G: 220 B: 185
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tannholz-Formation
Origin of the Name

Tannholz (AG), SE Birr

Historical Variants
Tannholz-Formation (Graf 2017 unpubl.)

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary
Birr-Lehm

Age

Age at top
  • Middle Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Middle Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Birrfeld.
Type area
Birrfeld (AG)

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Hochterrasse
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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