Kimméridgien (Calcaire ...)

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
incorrect term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Kimméridgien (-Kalk)
Français
Kimméridgien (Calcaire ...)
English
Kimmeridgian (Limestone)
Historical Variants

19e Etage = Kimméridgien (Greppin 1866), Kimmeridgestufe des Jurakalkes = Kiméridgien (Buxtorf 1916), Kalksteine des Kimeridgien (de Quervain 1969), Kimmeridge-Kalke (Heckendorn 1974), Kiméridgien, Kimeridgien (Bourquin 1946)

Description

Description

Dichter, heller, meist dickbankiger Kalk, mit einzelne Mergelschichten.

Thickness
100-130 m ; 150-180 m ; 130-150 m (Bourquin 1946)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

"rauracien"

Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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