Untere-Felsenkalke-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
joFU
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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Untere-Felsenkalke-Formation
Français
Untere-Felsenkalke-Formation
Italiano
Untere-Felsenkalke-Formation
English
Untere-Felsenkalke-Formation
Origin of the Name

Siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants

plumpe Felsenkalke (Quenstedt 1851), Untere-Felsenkalke-Formation (STD 2002/2016, LGRB 2016)

Description

Thickness
20-60 m (LithoLex)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Kimmeridgian
Note about top

Acanthicum- bis Pseudomutabilis-Zone bzw. Mutabilis- bis Eudoxus-Zone.

Age at base
  • Kimmeridgian
Note about base

Acanthicum- bis Pseudomutabilis-Zone bzw. Mutabilis- bis Eudoxus-Zone.

Geography

Geographical extent
Randen (SH)

Palaenography and tectonic

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