Bohnerzton

Representation and status

Color CMYK
siehe Siderolithikum
Color RGB
R: 240 G: 105 B: 45
Rank
petrography
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bohnerzton
Français
Argile à pisolithes ferrugineuses
Origin of the Name

Ton mit Bohnen-förmigem Eisenerz.

Historical Variants

Bohnerz, Bohnerztone, argiles à pisolithes de fer (Picot 2002)

Description

Description

Ton mit haselnussgrossen Eisenerzkonkretionen

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Geography

Point of interest
  • Gländ (AG), Thalheim
    Site particularities
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Strassenanschnitt / Bahnanschnitt
    Coordinates
    • (2649940 / 1253740)
    Note
    • Wildi 1983 S.71

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains
  • Siderolithic
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

  • «Fleur de Mine»

    Rank
    petrography
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Mince zone centimétrique à la base des Bohnerz-Tone, au contact avec les calcaires Mésozoïques, formée de silicates bleutés et de kaolinite.

    Age
    Eocene
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