Tiaun-Brekzie

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(55%,6%,0%,39%)
Color RGB
R: 70 G: 145 B: 155
Rank
lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Tiaun-Brekzie
Français
Brèche du Tiaun
Italiano
Breccia del Tiaun
English
Tiaun Breccia
Origin of the Name

Tiaun (GR), Schmitten

Historical Variants
Grobe Basisbreccie der Raiblerschichten (Cornelius 1932), Tiaun Breccia (Furrer et al. 1985)

Description

Thickness
2−30 m (Furrer et al. 1985)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

Age

Age at top
  • Ladinian
Age at base
  • Ladinian

Geography

Type area
Landwassergebiet (GR)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Furrer Heinz (Ed.) (1985) : Field workshop on Triassic and Jurassic sediments in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Mitt. geol. Inst. ETH und Univ. Zürich (N.F.) 248, 81 S.
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