Rimsingen-Ton
Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,14%,25%,29%)
- Color RGB
- R: 180 G: 155 B: 135
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- local name (informal)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Rimsingen-Ton
- Français
- Argile de Rimsingen
- Italiano
- Argilla di Rimsingen
- English
- Rimsingen Clay
- Origin of the Name
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Rimsingen (Deutschland, Baden-Württemberg), ehemaliges Dorf am Südwesthang des Tunibergs westlich Freiburg im Breisgau
- Historical Variants
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Rimsinger Mergel = marnes de Rimsingen = Giganteus-Tone (Théobald 1948), Rimsingen-Ton (LGRB 2016), Rimsingen-Ton Member (Feist-Burkhardt & Götz 2016)
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
Age
- Age at top
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- early Bajocian
- Age at base
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- early Bajocian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Oberrhein (südwestliches Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland).
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Dogger of the Jura Mountains
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary