Wutach-Formation

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Representation and status

Index
jmWU
Color CMYK
(0%,10%,30%,22%)
Color RGB
R: 200 G: 180 B: 140
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Wutach-Formation
Français
Formation de la Wutach
Italiano
Formazione della Wutach
English
Wutach Formation
Origin of the Name

Fluss Wutach (Deutschland), Bade-Württemberg; siehe Lithostratigraphisches Lexikon Deutschland (LithoLex).

Historical Variants
Dogger-Erz, Wutach-Formation (STD 2002/2016, LGRB 2016)
Nomenclatorial Remarks
die Wutach

Description

Thickness
Max. 7 m (LithoLex).

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • middle Callovian
Note about top
Lamberti-Zone
Age at base
  • late Bathonian
Note about base
Orbis-Zone

Geography

Geographical extent
Nur im Wutachgebiet (Baden-Württemberg, SW-Deutschland).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Dogger of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Bloos G., Dietl G, Schweigert G. (2006) : Der Jura von Süddeutschland in der STD 2002. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 41, 263-277
Definition
Dietl G. (2010) : Die Wutach-Formation des südwestdeutschen Juras – Beschreibung und Gliederung. Jh. Ges. Naturkde. Württemberg 166, 5-21

  • Orbisoolith

    Name Origin

    Namengebendes Fossil: Ammonitenart Oxycerites orbis [non O. Aspidoides].

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Eisenoolith an der Basis der Wutach-Fm., bzw. der Macrocephalenoolith-Subformation.

    Age
    late Bathonian
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