Hangende-Bankkalke-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
joHB
Color CMYK
(12%,2%,0%,0%)
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 250 B: 255
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Hangende-Bankkalke-Formation
Français
Hangende-Bankkalke-Formation
Italiano
Hangende-Bankkalke-Formation
English
Hangende-Bankkalke-Formation
Origin of the Name

Siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants
Hangende Bankkalke = calcaires lités (Theobald 1950), Hangende-Bankkalke-Formation (LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness
50 bis über 200 m (LithoLex).

Age

Age at top
  • Late Tithonian
Note about top
Oberes Tithonium, Hybonotum-Zone
Age at base
  • Tithonian

Geography

Geographical extent
Schwäbische Alb (Baden-Württemberg, SW-Deutschland).

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Swabian Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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