«Unterer Quintner Kalk»

Representation and status

Index
i5-6
Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
incorrect term (disused)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Unterer Quintner Kalk»
Français
«Calcaire du Quinten inférieur»
Italiano
«Calcare del Quinten inferiore»
English
«Lower Quinten Limestone»
Origin of the Name

Quinten (SG), am Walensee

Historical Variants

Unterer Quintnerkalk (Schindler 1959), Untere massige Serie des Malms (Spörli 1966), unterer Quintnerkalk (Pfiffner 1972)

Description

Description

Dunkelgrauer, feinkörniger bis dichter Kalk.

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Kimmeridgian
Age at base
  • late Oxfordian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Malm of the Helvetics
Paleogeography
North Tethyan Shelf :
marge continentale européenne
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

  • Eisenerzhorizont am Gonzen

    Name Origin

    Gonzen (SG) [siehe auch Schaubergwerk Gonzen]

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short

    Lokale Eisenvererzung im Dach des «Unteren Quinten-Kalk», an der Grenze mit dem «Mergelband».

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