«Tonmergel-Schichten»
Back to Vorarlberg MolasseRepresentation and status
- Color RGB
- R: 215 G: 140 B: 120
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Tonmergel-Schichten»
- Français
- «Tonmergel-Schichten»
- Italiano
- «Tonmergel-Schichten»
- English
- «Tonmergel-Schichten»
- Historical Variants
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Tonmergelstufe (Richter 1926 S.319, Muheim 1934 S.184), Tonmergelschichten = Rupel (Füchtbauer 1967), Tonmergel Beds, Tonmergel-Schichten (GBA 2007), Grisigen-Formation = Tonmergelschichten = Grisiger Mergel = Rupel (Friebe et al. 2007)
Description
- Description
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völlig einheitliche Serie von stumpfgrauen, zähen und kalkig-tonigen, d.h. schmierigen Mergeln, reich an Foraminiferen
- Thickness
- 180-200 m bis über 600 m
Components
Fossil Content
- ostracods
- foraminifera
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- early Rupelian
- Age at base
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- early Rupelian
- Dating Method
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Unteres Rupelium (GBA 2007)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Bayern, Vorarlberg.
Palaenography and tectonic
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- UMM-II
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic