«Obere Sulfatschichten»

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
«Obere Sulfatschichten»
Français
«Couches à sulfates supérieures»
English
«Upper Sulfate Beds»
Historical Variants

"Oberer Salzthon mit Gyps" (Lang 1863), Oberer Gyps (Tobler 1905 Tab.10), Obere Sulfatschichten (Matter 1983, Müller et al. 1984, Diebold et al. 2006), Obere Sulfatzone (Widmer 1991, Hauber et al. 2000, Bitterli et al. 2000), Obere Sulfatzone = upper anhydrite succession (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Description

Thickness
17 - 60 m ; 20-45 m (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Hierarchy and sequence

Upper boundary

Dolomitzone (der Anhydritgruppe)

Lower boundary

Salzlager

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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