Fuchsegg-Schuppe

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 236 G: 234 B: 232
Rank
tectonic slice
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Fuchsegg-Schuppe
Français
Écaille de la Fuchsegg
Italiano
Scaglia della Fuchsegg
English
Fuchsegg Slice
Origin of the Name

Fuchsegg (BE), 1,5 km SW Wattenwil

Historical Variants

Fuchsegg-Zone (Beck 1946), Fuchsegg-Schuppe (Blau 1966, Habicht 1987)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Age

Age at top
  • late Oligocene
Note about top

Aquitanien ?

Age at base
  • late Oligocene

Geography

Type area
Gurnigel-Gebiet (BE)

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • Lienegg-Formation

    Name Origin

    Lienegg (BE)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    incorrect name (though informally used)
    In short
    Kalknagelfluh der USM.
    Age
    late Oligocene
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  • Öligraben-Formation

    Name Origin

    Öligraben (BE)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Rasche laterale Wechsel der Lithologien, bestehend aus polymikter Nagelfluh, Sandstein und Mergel, sowie einzelnen kleinen Kohlenestern.

    Age
    late Oligocene
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