«Salzlager»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
siehe Zeglingen-Fm.
Color RGB
R: 240 G: 145 B: 55
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
incorrect name (though informally used)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Salzlager»
Français
«Niveau salifère»
Historical Variants

Steinsalz auct. (u.a. Meyer 2017), Salzschichten (Müller et al. 1984, Bitterli et al. 2000), Salzlager (Widmer 1991, Hauber et al. 2000), Saltlager = rock salt deposit (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Description

Description

Sulfatablagerungen, Dolomit, Tonstein und Steinsalz (Halit) im mittleren Teil der Zeglingen-Formation.

Thickness
0 - 60 m ; bis 40 m (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Components

Mineral Content
  • dolomite
  • halite
  • anhydrite

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

Obere Sulfatzone

Lower boundary

Untere Sulfatzone

Age

Age at top
  • Anisian
Age at base
  • Anisian

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Triassic of the Jura Mountains
Paleogeography
Northern Tethyan Carbonate Platform :
Plateforme de Bourgogne, ... = Northern Tethyan Carbonate Platform (NTCP)
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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