Greit-Kohleflöz

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,17%,33%,41%)
Color RGB
R: 150 G: 125 B: 100
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Greit-Kohleflöz
Français
Filon de charbon de Greit
Italiano
Filone carbonifero di Greit
English
Greit coal bed
Origin of the Name

Greit (ZG), am Gottschalkenberg

Historical Variants
---- (Lesch 1899), Kohlenhorizont von Greit (Habicht 1987)

Components

Fossil Content
  • plants : Plantae
  • mammals

Age

Age at top
  • early Aquitanian
Age at base
  • late Chattian
Dating Method
Kleinsäugerfauna MN1 (Schlanke 1974, Engesser 1990, Bolliger 1999).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Lower Freshwater Molasse
Paleogeography
North Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation
Inkohlung
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