Lochen-Subformation

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Representation and status

Index
joLO
Color CMYK
(23%,11%,0%,8%)
Color RGB
R: 180 G: 210 B: 235
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Lochen-Subformation
Français
Lochen-Subformation
Italiano
Lochen-Subformation
English
Lochen-Subformation
Origin of the Name

Lochenpass (Deutschland), südlich Balingen

Historical Variants

Bimammatus-Zone = Locherschichten (Studer 1872), Lochenfazies, Lochen-Schichten (Theobald 1950), Lochen-Subformation, Lochen-Formation (LGRB 2016)

Description

Description

Marnes esquilleuses avec récifs de spongiaires (Malm alpha).

Thickness
10 m (Theobald 1950)

Age

Age at top
  • Kimmeridgian
Age at base
  • Oxfordian

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Swabian Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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