«Obere Bunte Mergel»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Obere Bunte Mergel»
Français
«Marnes irisées supérieures»
English
«Upper Variegated Marls»
Historical Variants

die obere Mergelgruppe (Disler 1914 S.83), Marnes irisées supérieures = Châlin = Argiles de Chanville = Keuper supérieur (BRGM-Doubs)

Description

Thickness
ca. 2,5 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Norian
Age at base
  • Carnian

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Disler Carl (1914) : Stratigraphie und Tektonik des Rotliegenden und der Trias beiderseits des Rheins zwischen Rheinfelden und Augst. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 25, 1-96
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