«Untere 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

«Untere Bunte Mergel»

Français

«Marnes irisées inférieures»

English

«Lower Variegated Marls»

Historical Variants

Argiles bigarrées (Caire 1970), Marnes irisées inférieures = Marnes à sel et à gypse = Carnien (BRGM-Doubs)

Nomenclatorial Remarks

Abtrennung vom Schilfsandstein nicht empfehlenswert (Disler 1914 S.78).

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Ergolz-Member

Units at roof

• Gansingen-Member

Age

Age at top

• Carnian

Age at base

• Carnian

Palaenography and tectonic

• Triassic of the Jura Mountains

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic