Lienegg-Formation

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,22%,47%,29%)
Color RGB
R: 180 G: 140 B: 95
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

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

Lienegg (BE)

Historical Variants
Lienegg-Formation = Kalk-Nagelfluh der Lienegg (Blau 1966)

Links

Non-synonyms
Lienegg-Sandstein

Description

Thickness
Ca. 600 m am Fuss des östlichen Gürbetalhanges (Blau 1966).

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary
Tektonischer Kontakt.
Lower boundary
Öligraben-Formation.

Age

Age at top
  • Aquitanian
Note about top
?
Age at base
  • late Oligocene

Geography

Type area
Gurnigel-Gebiet (BE)
Type locality
  • Lienegg (BE)
    Site particularities
    • Untergrenze
    • typische Fazies
    Coordinates
    • (2604215 / 1178290)
    Note
    • Blau 1966
Type profile
  • Schobersegg (BE)
    Site particularities
    • Untergrenze
    • typische Fazies
    Coordinates
    • (2603830 / 1178490)
    Note
    • Blau 1966 (Profil st11Q)

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
North Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Blau René Viktor (1966) : Molasse und Flysch im östlichen Gurnigelgebiet (Kt. Bern). Beitr. Geol. Karte Schweiz (N.F.) 125, 151 Seiten
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