Bärhalde-Granit

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Representation and status

Index
gamma-B
Color CMYK
(0%,43%,52%,14%)
Color RGB
R: 220 G: 125 B: 105
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bärhalde-Granit
Français
Granite de la Bärhalde
Italiano
Granito della Bärhalde
English
Bärhalde Granite
Origin of the Name

Bärhalde (Deutschland)

Historical Variants
Bärhalde-Granit (Huber & Huber 1984), Bärhalde granite (Thury et al. 1994), Bärhalde granite (Schaltegger 2000)

Components

Mineral Content
  • plagioclase
  • alkali feldspar
  • biotite
  • quartz
  • muscovite

Hierarchy and sequence

Lower boundary
Scharfer Intrusivkontakt

Age

Age at top
  • Early Carboniferous (= Mississipian)
Age at base
  • Early Carboniferous (= Mississipian)
Dating Method
307 +/-4 Ma (Huber & Huber 1984) ; 332 +/-3 Ma (U/Pb: Schaltegger 2000)

Geography

Geographical extent
Plattenförmige Intrusion im Südschwarzwald.

References

Important Publications
Schaltegger Urs (2000) : U-Pb geochronology of the Southern Black Forest Batholith (Central Variscan Belt): Timing of exhumation and granite emplacement. International Journal of Earth Sciences 88/4, 814-828
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