Kandern-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
jmKA
Color CMYK
(6%,0%,31%,29%)
Color RGB
R: 170 G: 180 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name
Status discussion

Nomenclature

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

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

Historical Variants

Kandern-Formation (Bloos et al. 2005, LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness
80-106 m (LithoLex)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • early Oxfordian
Note about top

Codatum-Zone

Age at base
  • late Callovian
Note about base

Lamberti-Zone

Dating Method

Ammoniten-Biostratigraphie.

Geography

Geographical extent
Oberrheingraben (Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
  • Renggeri-Member

    Name Origin

    Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Creniceras renggeri (Oppel).

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    Status
    valid formal name
    Nomenclatorial Remarks
    <p>marnes à fossiles pyriteux auct., marnes oxfordiennes auct.</p>
    In short

    Dunkelgrauer, homogener, mergeliger Tonstein an der Basis der Bärschwil-Formation. Im unteren Teil ist dieser fossilreich (Belemnitenbruchstücke und pyritisierte Ammoniten, wie Creniceras renggeri).

    Age
    early Oxfordian
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