«Oberer Quintner Kalk»
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- Index
- i8-c1
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- incorrect term (disused)
- Status discussion
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Oberer Quintner Kalk»
- Français
- «Calcaire de Quinten supérieur»
- Italiano
- «Calcare di Quinten superiore»
- English
- «Upper Quinten Limestone»
- Origin of the Name
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Quinten (SG), am Walensee
- Historical Variants
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Oberer Quintnerkalk (Schindler 1959), Obere massige Serie des Malms (Spörli 1966), oberer Quintnerkalk (Pfiffner 1972)
Description
- Description
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Dunkelgrauer, feinkörniger bis dichter Kalk.
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
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- Earliest Berriasian
- Age at base
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- Tithonian
Palaenography and tectonic
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
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«Auerkalk»
- Name Origin
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Au (Österreich), am südöstlichen Fuss der Mittagsfluh
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Bed
- Status
- local name (informal)
- In short
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Fossilreicher Kalk im Dach der Quinten-Formation des Bregenzer Waldes.
- Age
- Earliest Berriasian
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«Malm-Brekzie»
- Rank
- petrographic facies
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
- In short
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Brekziöse Fazies des helvetischen Malms, meistens im mittleren bis oberen Teil des Oberen Quintner Kalk entwickelt.
- Age
- Tithonian