Murchisonae-Schichten

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Representation and status

Index
a2
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Murchisonae-Schichten
Français
Couches à Murchisonae
English
Murchisonae Beds
Origin of the Name

Ammonitenart Ludwigia murchisonae Sowerby

Historical Variants
Calcaires oolithiques ferrugineux (Greppin 1866), Sand-Kalk = Dogger inférieur à Harpoceras Murchisonae d'Argovie = Aalénien supérieur (Renevier 1897), Murchisonae-Schichten (Mühlberg 1900, Gsell 1968, Lusser 1980), Murchisonaeschichten (Tobler 1905 Tab.7a-b, Disler 1941), Murchisonae-Concava-Schichten (Brändlin 1911, Bläsi 1987)

Description

Description
siehe Sissach-Member und Hauenstein-Member

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof
Units at floor
Upper boundary
Sowerbyi-Schichten
Lower boundary
Opalinus-Ton

Age

Age at top
  • late Aalenian
Age at base
  • early Aalenian
Dating Method

Ammoniten

Geography

Type locality
  • Oberehrendingen (AG)
    Site particularities
    • Obergrenze
    • Untergrenze
    • typische Fazies
    Site accessibility
    • Steinbruch, Tongrube
    Coordinates
    • (2668770 / 1259940)
    Note
    • Mühlberg 1900 S.296

Palaenography and tectonic

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