Weinstetten-Subformation

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Representation and status

Index
qBRu
Color RGB
R: 205 G: 190 B: 190
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Weinstetten-Subformation
English
Weinstetten Subformation
Historical Variants

Untere Breisgau-Schichten = Weinstetten-Subformation (Ellwanger et al. 2011, LGRB 2011), Weinstetten-Subformation = Lower Breisgau Formation (Graf 2024)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Pleistocene
Age at base
  • Early Pleistocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Südlicher Oberrhein-Graben (Geiswasser-Becken).

Palaenography and tectonic

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