Calpionellenkalk der Platta-Decke

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(28%,7%,0%,10%)

Color RGB

R: 165 G: 215 B: 230

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Calpionellenkalk der Platta-Decke

Historical Variants

Hyänenmarmore des tieferen Malms (Staub 1942a), Calpionella Limestone = Aptychus Limestone (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)

Description

Thickness

Ca. 5 m (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997).

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Platta

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Conditions of formation

Post-rift sediments (Manatschal & Nievergelt 1997)

References

Definition

Manatschal Gianreto, Nievergelt Peter (1997) : A continent-ocean transition recorded in the Err and Platta nappes (Eastern Switzerland). Eclogae geol. Helv. 90/1, 3-27

p.9: Light-colored micritic limestones with intercalations of shales (Calpionella Limestone or Aptychus Limestone), about 30 to 40 m thick in the Err and about 5 m in the Piatta nappe, ...