Oberjura-Massenkalk-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
joMK
Color CMYK
(30%,10%,0%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 175 G: 225 B: 250
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Oberjura-Massenkalk-Formation
Français
Oberjura-Massenkalk-Formation
Italiano
Oberjura-Massenkalk-Formation
English
Oberjura-Massenkalk-Formation
Historical Variants
Massenkalk = calcaires massifs (Theobald 1950), Massenkalke = Weiss-Jura e (Waibel & Burri 1961), Massenkalk-Fazies, Oberjura-Massenkalk-Formation (LGRB 2016)

Description

Geomorphology
bis 90 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • Early Tithonian
Age at base
  • Kimmeridgian

Geography

Geographical extent
Schwäbischer Jura, Randen (SH), Rheinfall-Gebiet.

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
Swabian Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Conditions of formation
Schwäbische Beckenfazies

  • Lochen-Subformation

    Name Origin

    Lochenpass (Deutschland), südlich Balingen

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Flaserige Schwamm-Mikroben-Kalksteine des Oxfordien und frühen Kimmeridgien.

    Age
    Oxfordian
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