Muschelkalk
Sign in to saveThe Muschelkalk (German for "shell-bearing limestone", ) is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata (a lithostratigraphic unit) in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic (240 to 230 million years) age and forms the middle part of the three-part Germanic Trias (that gives the Triassic its name) lying above the older Buntsandstein and below the younger Keuper. The Muschelkalk ("mussel-chalk") consists of a sequence of limestone and dolomite beds.
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- Instance of
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Named after
- shelly limestone
- Country
- Netherlands
- Material used
- shelly limestone
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- Muschelkalk am Simmelsberg 2.JPG
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- Muschelkalk
- overlies
- Buntsandstein
- underlies
- Keuper Group
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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The Muschelkalk (German for "shell-bearing limestone", ) is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata (a lithostratigraphic unit) in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic (240 to 230 million years) age and forms the middle part of the three-part Germanic Trias (that gives the Triassic its name) lying above the older Buntsandstein and below the younger Keuper. The Muschelkalk ("mussel-chalk") consists of a sequence of limestone and dolomite beds.
In the past, the time span in which the Muschelkalk was deposited could also be called "Muschelkalk". In modern stratigraphy, however, the name only applies to the layers of rock.
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