Eptingen-Bank
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,30%,68%,2%)
- Color RGB
- R: 250 G: 175 B: 80
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Bed
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Eptingen-Bank
- Français
- Banc d'Eptingen
- Italiano
- Strati di Eptingen
- English
- Eptingen Bed
- Origin of the Name
- Historical Variants
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Eptinger Oolith (Merki 1961, Müller et al. 1984), Eptingen Bed (Pietsch et al. 2016)
Description
- Description
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Oolithischer Leithorizont mit meistens dolomitisierten Ooiden. Silexkonkretionen treten lokal im oolithischen Intervall auf.
- Thickness
- 0-8 m (Merki 1961).
Components
dolomitisierte Ooide
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
- Upper boundary
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Oberster Teil des Liedertswil-Members oder unterster Teil des Stamberg-Members.
- Lower boundary
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Liedertswil-Member
Age
- Age at top
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- Ladinian
- Age at base
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- Ladinian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Faltenjura zwischen Reigoldswil und Bänkerjoch, Tafeljura westlich Rheinfelden, Dinkelberg, Wutachgebiet, sowie Bohrungen Weiach, Benken und Schlattingen.
- Type locality
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Stamberg (BL), südlich Eptingen
Site particularities- typische Fazies
- (2628625 / 1248025)
- Merki 1961, Pietsch et al. 2016 Fig.12
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Stamberg (BL), südlich Eptingen
- Type profile
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Stamberg (BL), südlich Eptingen
Site particularities- typische Fazies
- (2628625 / 1248025)
- Merki 1961, Pietsch et al. 2016 Fig.12
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Stamberg (BL), südlich Eptingen
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Triassic of the Jura Mountains
- Paleogeography
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Northern Tethyan Carbonate Platform
:
Plateforme de Bourgogne, ... = Northern Tethyan Carbonate Platform (NTCP) - Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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Jura
:
Juragebirge
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Jura
:
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic
References
- Definition
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(2016) :
A new lithostratigraphic scheme for the Schinznach Formation (upper part of the Muschelkalk Group of northern Switzerland). Swiss J. Geosc. 109/2, 285-307
The Eptingen Bed represents the middle oolitic interval of the Schinznach Formation. The ooids are mostly dolomitised (Merki 1961; Rieser 1964) and, therefore, lost their internal structure. If the dolomitisation also concerns the matrix, the ooid shapes often can be recognised under microscope only. In the region of Eptingen chert nodules occur in the oolitic interval. They enclose silicified ooids (Merki 1961). For discussion of the lithostratigraphic definition of the oolitic intervals see below.