Zimmersheim-Gips

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Zimmersheim-Gips

Français

Gypse de Zimmersheim

Italiano

Gesso di Zimmersheim

English

Zimmersheim Gypsum

Origin of the Name

Zimmersheim (France)

Historical Variants

Gyps von Zimmersheim (Tobler 1905 Tab.2c), Gypse de Zimmersheim = Marnes molassiques pétrolifères, salifères, gypsifères de Dannemarie, Wittelsheim, Mulhouse (Rollier 1910)

Age

Age at top

• Rupelian

Note about top

"Sannoisien"

Age at base

• Rupelian

Note about base

"Sannoisien"

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Oberrhein-Graben

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic