Integrated Stratigraphy of the Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) in northern Switzerland and adjacent southern Germany (Denkschriften der schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft)

1. 1 Geographical And 1. 2 Previous Work Palaeogeographical Setting Stratigraphic Exploration Of The Swiss Jura Range Began Before The Measuring Of Detailed Sections And The Excavation Of Fossils 1820. Merian (1821) Described The Jurassic Sediments In The Ar Were Done In An Area Which Is Confined To The West By A Line Be Ea Of Basel For The First Time And Gave A Short And Appropriate Tween Boncourt In Canton Jura And Biel In Canton Bern Description Of The Principal Lithostratigraphic Units. Merian (fig. 1). The Belt Of Outcrops Becomes Narrower Towards The East Was Aware That Fossils Were A Means For Correlation, But He Stated And Then Runs Northeast From Canton Aargau To Mohringen On That Fossils Were Not Known Well Enough At The Time For This The Danube River In Southern Germany. This Whole Area Is Purpose. Therefore He Correlated Strictly Lithostratigraphically. Where The Burgundy Platform (purser 1979) Interfingers With He Correlated The Marls Of The Biirschwil Formation Of The Early Sediments Of The Rhodano-swabian Epicontinental Sea Which And Middle Oxfordian In The Central Jura With The Marls Of The Was Situated Adjacent To Northern Tethys (fig. 63). The Whole Effingen Member Of The Middle And Late Oxfordian In The East Area Was Transformed Into An Epicontinental Sea (fig. 2) By The Ern Jura Range (fig. 3). This book begins with facies analysis. The most important lithofacies appear either as thin sections, polished slabs or outcrops. Prominent biofacies include the coral bioherms of carbonate platforms and sponge biostromes in the basin. The main stratigraphic sections are described and illustrated in foldout plates. All formations and members of the Central Jura are defined. A list of older names is added to each unit in order to facilitate the use of previous literature. The biostratigraphy of ammonites includes descriptions and photographic plates of all stratigraphically relevant taxa. The vertical range of the taxa is represented in a range chart. A synthesis of litho- and biostratigraphy is summarized in a text figure. Brief reference is made to radio- and sequence stratigraphy, which is published in detail elsewhere. The book ends with an overview of palaeogeography and the history of sedimentation Front Matter....Pages 1-10 Introduction....Pages 11-18 Facies analysis....Pages 19-30 Lithostratigraphy....Pages 31-68 Biostratigraphy....Pages 69-103 Results and discussion....Pages 104-110 Acknowledgments....Pages 111-111 Summary — Résumé — Zusammenfassung....Pages 112-113 Back Matter....Pages 114-152