«Rietbad-Mergel»

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Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Rietbad-Mergel»
Français
«Marne de Rietbad»
Italiano
«Marna di Rietbad»
English
«Rietbad Marl»
Origin of the Name

Rietbad (SG)

Historical Variants

Rietbad-Mergel (Frei 1979)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof

Geography

Geographical extent
Toggenburg.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Frei Hans-Peter (1979) : Stratigraphische Untersuchungen in der subalpinen Molasse der Nordost-Schweiz, zwischen Wägitaler Aa und Urnäsch. Mitt. Geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 233, 207 Seiten

S.163: Die Mergel vom Grisiger-Typus werden an der Basis als Rietbad-Mergel bezeichnet.

S.165 : Die Rietbad-Mergel
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