«Dolomitzone» (Zeglingen-Fm.)

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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
«Dolomitzone» (Zeglingen-Fm.)
Français
«Dolomitzone» (Fm. de Zeglingen)
Italiano
«Dolomitzone» (Fm. di Zeglingen)
English
«Dolomitzone» (Zeglingen Fm.)
Historical Variants

Unterer Dolomit (Mühlberg 1908, Buxtorf & Christ 1936), Anhydritdolomit (Merki 1961, Müller et al. 1984), Dolomit der Anhydritgruppe (Matter 1983, Müller et al. 1984, Bitterli et al. 2000, Diebold et al. 2006, Jordan et al. 2011), obere Anhydritgruppe = Dolomitzone (Fischer et al. 1971, Bitterli-Brunner & Fischer 1988), Dolomitzone (Hauber et al. 2000), Dolomitzone = dolomite succession (Jordan & Deplazes 2018)

Description

Description

beiger, dünngebankter, oft zellig verwitterter Dolomit mit Silexknollen.

Thickness
Ca. 10 m (Fischer et al. 1971) ; 8 - 40 m (Müller et al. 1984).

Hierarchy and sequence

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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