«Unterer Quarzsandstein»

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

«Unterer Quarzsandstein»

Français

«Grès quartzitique inférieur»

Italiano

«Arenaria di quarzo inferiore»

English

«Lower Quartz Sandstone»

Origin of the Name

Stratigraphische Lage und lithologische Zusammensetzung.

Historical Variants

Unterer Quarzsandstein (Kaufmann 1867, Mollet 1916, Bieri 1978, Menkveld-Gfeller 1993, 1995), Quarzsandstein = Untereocän (Baltzer 1906), Sandkalk und Sandstein (Alb. Heim), Unterer Sandstein (Schuhmacher 1948, Gigon 1952), Steriler Sandstein (Styger 1961)

Description

Thickness

22-28 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Klimsenhorn-Formation

Units at roof

• «Complanata-Schicht» (sensu Kaufmann 1867)

Units at floor

• Kreide des Helvetikums

Palaenography and tectonic

• Tertiary

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Zentrales Helvetikum :
  u.a. Berner Oberland

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic