Lochen-Subformation
Back to Southern GermanyRepresentation 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
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- Lochen-Subformation
- Origin of the Name
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Lochenpass (Deutschland), südlich Balingen
- Historical Variants
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Bimammatus-Zone = Locherschichten (Studer 1872), Lochenfazies, Lochen-Schichten (Theobald 1950), Lochen-Subformation, Lochen-Formation (LGRB 2016)
Description
- Description
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Marnes esquilleuses avec récifs de spongiaires (Malm alpha).
- Thickness
- 10 m (Theobald 1950)
Age
- Age at top
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- Kimmeridgian
- Age at base
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- Oxfordian
Palaenography and tectonic
- Paleogeography
- Swabian Basin
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary