Rütiberg-Kalksandstein

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,21%,45%,25%)
Color RGB
R: 190 G: 150 B: 105
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Rütiberg-Kalksandstein
Français
Grès calcaire de Rütiberg
Italiano
Arenaria calcarea di Rütiberg
English
Calcareous Sandstone from Rütiberg
Origin of the Name

Rütiberg (SG), 1km westsüdwestlich von Kappel

Historical Variants
Kalksandsteine von Rütiberg (Habicht 1945a)

Description

Description
Unterste, sandsteinreiche Serie der Ebnat-Schichten.

Geography

Type area
Toggenburg / Thurtal (SG)

Palaenography and tectonic

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