Wangental-Member

Representation and status

Color CMYK

siehe Villigen-Formation

Color RGB

R: 180 G: 190 B: 210

Rank

lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Wangental-Member

Français

Membre du Wangental

Italiano

Membro del Wangental

English

Wangental Member

Origin of the Name

Wangental (SH), Wilchingen

Historical Variants

Wangentalschichten (Hantke 1967)

Description

Description

Gygi (2000b: 144): gut gebankte, mikritische Kalksteine mit einer Wechsellagerung von mergeligen Lagen.

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

• Villigen-Formation

Units at roof

• «Schwarzbach-Schichten»

Units at floor

• «Knollen-Bank»

Age

Age at top

• Kimmeridgian

Note about top

Planula-Zone

Age at base

• Kimmeridgian

Note about base

Planula-Z.

Dating Method

Biostratigraphie: Ammoniten

Geography

Geographical extent

Klettgau und Randen-Gebiet

Type area

Wangental an der deutsch-schweizer Grenze

Type locality

• Wangental (SH), Wilchingen
  Coordinates
  • (2679640 / 1278230)

Palaenography and tectonic

• Malm of the Jura Mountains

Paleogeography

Swabian Basin

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic