Original paper
Beschlüsse zur Festlegung der lithostratigraphischen Grenzen Zechstein/Buntsandstein/Muschelkalk und zu Neubenennungen im Unteren Buntsandstein in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
[Resolutions on the fixing of the lithostratigraphic boundaries between the Zechstein, Bunter, and Muschelkalk and on the renaming of the sub-units of the Lower Bunter in the Federal Republic of Germany]
Lepper, Jochen
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte Jg. 1993 Heft 11 (1993), p. 687 - 692
27 references
published: Nov 24, 1993
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1993/1993/687
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Abstract
The lithostratigraphic boundary between the Zechstein and the Bunter in the Federal Republik of Germany is placed at the base of the "Calvörde-Folge" (= base of the "Untere Folge" in the sense of Boigk = base of the "Gelnhausen-Folge" = base of the "Korbach-Folge" = base of the "Heigenbrückener Sandstein"). The "Untere Folge" (formation) of the Lower Bunter in the sense of Boigk (1959), excluding the "Bröckelschiefer", which is assigned to the Zechstein (resolution of the Subkommission Perm-Trias, May 4, 1991) is given the name "Calvörde-Folge"; the "Obere Folge" (in the sense of Boigk) is given the name "Bernburg-Folge". The "Myophorienschichten" are the uppermost lithostratigraphic unit in the "Röt" (upper Bunter). The "Grenzgelbkalk" is defined as the base horizon of the Lower Muschelkalk in the outcrop areas in southern Germany, Lower Franconia, southern and eastern Hesse, southern Lower Saxony, eastern Westphalia, Thuringia and the area north of the Harz Mts. This Boundary can be traced in the North German Basin on the basis of geophysical borehole logs.
Keywords
lithostratigraphic • Subkommission Perm-Trias • Muschelkalk • Zechstein • Bunter • Harz Mts. • Federal Republic of Germany