«Färnigen-Vulkanite»

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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
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Färnigen-Vulkanite»
Français
«Roches volcaniques de Färnigen»
English
«Färnigen Vulcanites»
Origin of the Name

Rot Bergli, nordöstlich von Färnigen = Fernigen (UR), Meiental

Historical Variants

Färniger Vulkanite (Bl. Amsteg), Färnigen Formation, Fernigen-Vulkanite

Nomenclatorial Remarks

? Fernigerserizitschiefer (Morgenthaler 1920-1922, Rutsch et al. 1966)

Age

Age at top
  • Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)
Age at base
  • Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • volcanic
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