Obere-Felsenkalke-Formation

Representation and status

Index

joFO

Color CMYK

(18%,8%,0%,0%)

Color RGB

R: 210 G: 235 B: 255

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

valid formal name

Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Obere-Felsenkalke-Formation

Français

Obere-Felsenkalke-Formation

Italiano

Obere-Felsenkalke-Formation

English

Obere-Felsenkalke-Formation

Origin of the Name

Siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants

Obere-Felsenkalke-Formation (STD 2002/2016, LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness

20-30 m (LithoLex).

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at floor

• Schwarzbach-Member

Age

Age at top

• Kimmeridgian

Note about top

Kimmeridgium, Beckeri-Zone bzw. Eudoxus- bis Autissiodorensis-Zone.

Age at base

• Kimmeridgian

Note about base

Kimmeridgium, Beckeri-Zone bzw. Eudoxus- bis Autissiodorensis-Zone.

Geography

Geographical extent

Randen (SH)

Palaenography and tectonic

• Malm

Paleogeography

Swabian Basin

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura-DE

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic

References

Definition

Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission (2002) : Stratigraphische Tabelle von Deutschland.