«Untere Günsberg-Schichten»

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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
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Untere Günsberg-Schichten»
Français
«Untere Günsberg-Schichten»
Italiano
«Untere Günsberg-Schichten»
English
«Untere Günsberg-Schichten»
Origin of the Name

Günsberg (SO)

Historical Variants

untere Günsberg-Schichten (Bolliger & Burri 1970 S.73)

Description

Description

"... hervortretenden mergeligen Kalkpartie ein (biodetritische und oolitische Wacke- und Packstones)." [Bolliger & Burri 1970 S.73]

Thickness
ca. 25 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Subordinate units
Units at roof

Geography

Type locality

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Malm of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Conditions of formation

Dépôts de haute énergie avec polypiers, oolites, ...

Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Bolliger W., Burri P. (1970) : Sedimentologie von Schelf-Carbonaten und Beckenablagerungen im Oxfordien des zentralen Schweizer Jura. Beitr. geol. Karte Schweiz N.F. 140, 112 Seiten

  • Calcaire à coraux de Moutier

    Name Origin

    Cluse de Moutier (BE)

    Rank
    petrographic facies
    Status
    informal term
    Valid term
    Guensberg-Formation
    In short

    Faciès corraligène (biostromes et biohermes locaux), avec influence terrigène sensible et fortes variations d'épaisseurs, de la Formation de Günsberg. Des intercalations de ce faciès sont également présentes à divers niveaux stratigraphiques de la Formation de Vellerat.

    Age
    middle Oxfordian
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