«Knauermolasse» (USM)

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
regional facies
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Knauermolasse» (USM)
Français
«Knauermolasse» («molasse rognoneuse»; USM)
Italiano
«Knauermolasse» (USM)
English
«Knauermolasse» (USM)
Historical Variants

Knauermolasse (Studer, Gutzwiller 1877), Knauermolasse von Mühlebühl/SO (Disler 1941), Knauermolasse (Geyer et al. 2003), molasse rognonneuse, Knauermolasse Formation = Aarwangen Molasse (Mennecart 2012)

Age

Age at top
  • late Oligocene
Age at base
  • late Oligocene

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Lower Freshwater Molasse
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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