Landwasser-Member

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(55%,6%,0%,39%)
Color RGB
R: 70 G: 145 B: 155
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Landwasser-Member
Français
Membre du / de la Landwasser
Italiano
Membro del / della Landwasser
English
Landwasser Member
Origin of the Name

Fluss Landwasser (GR)

Historical Variants
Landwasser-Dolomit, Landwasser Dolomite (Furrer et al. 1985)

Description

Description

Feinkörnige, mittelbankige Dolomite mit stromatolitischen Lagen und seltenen Kalkalgen (Dasycladaceen).

Components

Fossil Content
  • algae
Enthält seltene Kalkalgen (Dasycladaceen).

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Ladinian
Age at base
  • Ladinian

Geography

Type area
Landwassergebiet (GR)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Furrer Heinz (Ed.) (1985) : Field workshop on Triassic and Jurassic sediments in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 248, 81 S.
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