«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
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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
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- late Oligocene
- Age at base
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- late Oligocene
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Lower Freshwater Molasse
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic