Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation
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- Index
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- 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
- Origin of the Name
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Siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).
- Historical Variants
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Liegende-Bankkalke-Formation (LGRB 2016), Bank-Kalke
Description
- Thickness
- 10-150 m (LithoLex).
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Kimmeridgian
- Note about top
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Oberes Kimmeridgium, Beckeri-Zone
- Age at base
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- Kimmeridgian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Schwäbische Alb (Baden-Württemberg, SW-Deutschland).
Palaenography and tectonic
- Paleogeography
- Swabian Basin
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)