Gosheim-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
jmGOS
Color CMYK
(0%,17%,33%,29%)
Color RGB
R: 180 G: 150 B: 120
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

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

Gosheim (Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg), siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants

Gosheim-Formation (Dietze et al. 2015, STD 2016), Gosheim Formation (Feist-Burkhardt & Götz 2016)

Description

Thickness
1-30 m (LithoLex).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • early Bajocian
Note about top

Humphriesianum-Zone, Blagdeni-Subzone (Feist-Burkhardt & Götz 2016), Romani-Subzone (Dietze et al. 2015)

Age at base
  • middle Bajocian
Note about base

Humphriesianum-Zone, Pinguis-Subzone (Feist-Burkhardt & Götz 2016)

Geography

Geographical extent
Oberrhein, Hochrhein, Wutach (südwestliches Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

  • Blagdeni-Subformation

    Name Origin

    Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Teloceras blagdeni (Sowerby 1818).

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    In short
    Mergel-Kalk-Wechsellagerung.
    Age
    middle Bajocian
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  • Humphriesioolith-Subformation

    Name Origin

    Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Stephanoceras gr. humphresianum (Sowerby 1825).

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    In short
    Eisenoolithe an der Basis der Gosheim-Formation.
    Age
    Bajocian
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