Salmas-Schuppe

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Representation and status

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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Salmas-Schuppe
English
Salmas Slice
Origin of the Name

Salmas (Österreich)

Historical Variants

Salmaser Schuppe (Friebe et al. 2007)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Geography

Geographical extent
Vorarlberg.

Palaenography and tectonic

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

  • Kojen-Formation

    Name Origin

    Kojen (Deutschland), SW Oberstaufen

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Rote Mergel- und Sandstein-Abfolge («obere bunte Molasse») mit groben Nagelfluhbänken.

    Age
    Aquitanian
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  • Steigbach-Formation

    Name Origin

    Steigbach (Österreich), bei Immenstadt

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Mächtige ockerfarbige Nagelfluh-Abfolge (Hochgrat-Schüttung) im östlichen Vorarlberg.

    Age
    Chattian
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