Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
jopLB
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
Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation
Français
Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation
Italiano
Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation
English
Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation
Historical Variants

Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation (LGRB 2016), Bank-Kalke

Description

Thickness
10-150 m (LithoLex).

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • Late Kimmeridgian
Note about top

Oberes Kimmeridgium, Beckeri-Zone

Age at base
  • Kimmeridgian

Geography

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

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Swabian Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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