Stratigraphic Table of Germany Compact 2012 a Global Stratigraphic Scale (GSS) Regional Stratigraphic Scale (RSS) (Composite)
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Stratigraphic Table of Germany Compact 2012 a Global Stratigraphic Scale (GSS) Regional Stratigraphic Scale (RSS) (composite) Lithostratigraphy, Natural resources, Regional AL SERIES STAGE TIME Climatostratigraphy (Quaternary) deposits, reservoirs, fossils Stage EPOCH AGE (selected examples) Group SERIES STD 2002 (selected examples) GLOB DURATION (older \ younger) Folge Region ERATHEM ERA SYSTEM PERIOD SYSTEM PERIOD Supergroup Subboreal \ Subatlantic alluvial HOLO- HOLOCENEδ HOLOCENE 0.012 peat D 0.012 Preboreal \ Boreal \ Atlantic loam CENE u. (TARANTIAN) 0.115 Weichselian Gl. Würm Glacial H2O water Neandertal NW Eem. Ig. Steinheim BW 0.127 Saalian Cpl. Holst. Ig. Riss Glacial m. (IONIAN) 0.65 Elster. Gl. Hoßkirch Gl. tephra Homo Bilzingsleben TH 0.78 Bavelian Cpl. Cromer. Heidelberg BW 2.6 PLEISTOCENE 1 Cpl. Mindel Cover sand, gravel Menapian Cpl. Gravel Reg. Stage CALABRIAN 1.03 Waalian Complex Günz Cover clay, loam, marl 2.6 N-Germany North Sea l. 1.8 Eburonian Complex Gravel diatomaceous earth 2 Tiglian Complex Rhine Glacier QUATERNARY GELASIAN 0.78 Donau Cover Merxemian QUATERNARY Gauss-Matuyama Pretiglian Complex Gravel travertine 2.6 PLEISTOCENE PLIOCENE 2.7 PIACENZIAN 1.0 Weißwasser Scaldisian Insolation Cycle ZANCLEAN 1.7 3.6 5 Lower Rhine Mors./Katte. 510 5.3 Beds PLIO. MESSINIAN 1.8 Kieseloolith Molasse basalt BW, HE, Syltian u. 7.1 Fm. NI, RP, SN, TH Rauno Inden Fm. Basin Gramian TORTONIAN 4.1 10 Formation clay BB, SN 11.2 Langenfeld. Up. Freshwa- Ries-Impact BW BY, SERRAVALLIAN 3.6 Meuro ter Molasse Lower Rhine NW m. Formation brown coal Reinbekian MIOCENE 14.8 15 Ville Fm. Up. Brack. NEOGENE LANGHIAN 1.6 Lusatia BB, SN 18.5 16.4 Brieske Molasse Hem- Formation bentonite BY moorian BURDIGALIAN Up. Marine NEOGENE 4.1 Fm. Breda gravel BY l. Köln Fm. Molasse 20.5 20 quartzsand (glass) MIOCENE 21.5 Paragloborotalia Spremberg Low. Low. Vierlandian AQUITANIAN 3.3 Formation Mainz HE , BB , NI kugleri 23.8 Basin Fresh- Brack- kaolin Kemmlitz SN water ish Hirschau BY Neochattian u. 25 Cottbus Sulzheim Mol. Mol. CHATTIAN 4.7 Formation Formation brown coal ST, SN Eochattian OLIGOCENE 28.5 Boden- Alzey Lower clay (pottery, bricks) 30 Rupelton heim Fm. Fm. Marine RP, BB, BY, TH, 10 l. RUPELIAN 5.2 Formation Molasse NW, NI, MV, HE Rupelian Pechelbronn oil BW, RP, HE, BY 33.7 Group Helveticum Latdorfian OLIGO- CENE Hantkenina. u. 35 Schö- Bor- fireclay Groß- Cribrohantkenina PRIABONIAN 3.3 newal. na almerode HE CENOZOIC 37.0 HE Serno Pro- Haguenau brown c. SN, ST BARTONIAN 4.3 Group Globigeri- Borken HE 40 Fm. fen nenmergel TERTIARY 41.3 Basal brown coal 65 m. Gei- first horse Messel EOCENE Gent- Eocene Clay Geiseltal ST NE-Germany sel- LUTETIAN 7.7 45 hin Messel clay (pottery) tal 21 Fm. Eisenberg RP 62.5 Fm. Messel Fm. TERTIARY ST 49.0 Kressenberg oil shale 50 EOCENE Zerben Formation Messel HE PALAEOGENE l. YPRESIAN 5.8 Formation clay (clay meal, δ13C medicinal clay) PALAEOGENE 54.8 55 Friedland MV Geiseltal 41 u. THANETIAN 3.1 Mahlpfuhl Fm. 57.9 Nassenheide Fm. Olching Propalaeotherium m. SELANDIAN 3.1 60 NW PALAEOCENE 61.0 Waßmannsdorf Fm. Formation natural gas + l. DANIAN 4.0 Wülpen Formation underground Iridium10 Anomaly reservoir 65.0 65 Reitbrook PALAEO- CENE MAASTRICHTIAN 6.3 70 HH 71.3 chalk Schreib- NI, SH, MV Münster Parapuzosia seppenradensis CAMPANIAN 12.2 kreide marly limestone UPPER 80 Group Group 83.5 (cement) NW, NI CRETACEOUS SANTONIAN 2.3 85.8 glauconite limestone CONIACIAN 3.2 Anröchte NW 34 89.0 90 Elbtal UPPER TURONIAN 4.5 93.5 Plänerkalk Elbsandstein Rotalipora Group Group siliceous globotruncanoides CENOMANIAN 5.4 SN U CRETACEOUS 98.9 Clayst. Flammenmerg. earth 100 Neuburg BY Königstein ALBIAN 13.3 Minimus Clay Osning Sandstone 110 Rothen- Hils Danubian NW, NI 112.2 berg Sst. Sst. Amberg BY APTIAN 8.8 Claystone Group Cretaceous Salzgitter NI Fe Germany CRETACEOUS LOWER 121.0 120 Fischschiefer Lower Cret. CRETACEOUS Claystone clay (bricks) CRETACEOUS BARREMIAN 6.0 Hauptblätterton 77 127.0 NW, NI Wietze LOWER 43 HAUTERIVIAN 5.0 Gildehaus Sst. Alpine Cretaceous Bentheim Sst. Group 132.0 130 Claystone (oil) (oil) NI N- CRETACEOUS VALANGINIAN 5.0 Osning Sandstone Bentheim Sst. 137.0 Obernkirchen Germany S- BERRIASIAN 5.0 140 Bückeberg Fm. Sandstone Germany 142.0 Münder Formation Solnhofen TITHONIAN 4.0 Gigas Beds Oberjura- UPPER 146.0 Limestone BY Weißer KIMMERIDGIAN 6.5 Süntel Formation Massenkalk Fm. limestone BW, Malm JURASSIC 150 Lochen Fm. BY, NI Jura 152.5 Korallenoolith Impressamergel Fe BY 14.5 OXFORDIAN 4.0 156.5 Salzgitter NI Ornatenton Formation CALLOVIAN 7.2 160 crushed stone, grit MIDDLE 163.7 Macrocephalenoolith Subformation oil Brauner BATHONIAN 2.8 166.5 Mittelplate Sst. Fm. Mittelplate SH Dogger JURASSIC Parkinsonienton Sengenthal Fm. Jura BAJOCIAN 8.0 170 Wedel Sst. Fm. clay NW 21.5 Altmark Sst. Eisen Sst. Fm. 174.5 Archaeopteryx Leioceras opalinum AALENIAN 3.5 178.0 Opalinuston Formation 180 Jurensismergel Formation JURASSIC TOARCIAN 5.6 Posidonienschiefer 183.6 Posidonienschiefer Fm. (Oil Shale) MESOZOIC LOWER Holzmaden, Schwar- N-Germany PLIENSBACHIAN 7.9 Amaltheenton Formation S-Germany Dotternhausen BW 58 JURASSIC 190 Lias zer 22 191.5 Capricornu Beds Numismalis- clay- and siltstone Jura SINEMURIAN 5.0 Arietenkalk Fm. mergel Fm. BW, BY, NI, NW, MV Psiloceras 196.5 Psilonotenton Fm. Bayreuth Fm. Jurassic of Central Europe spelae tirolicum HETTANGIAN 3.5 200.0 200 geothermal 186 RHAETIAN 5.0 geothermal 205.0 k 6 Exter Formation (Rhätkeuper) heat power ko MV N.-Glewe 210 k5 / k6 Unconformity Waren k 5 Arnstadt Formation (Steinmergelkeuper) sst. Plateosaurus UPPER NORIAN 15.0 BW, BY engelhardti k4 / k5 (Late Kimmerian) Unconformity BW, BY, ST TRIASSIC 220.0 220 sst. BW reservoir km Keuper 31 k 4 Weser Formation (Upper Gipskeuper) Ketzin CARNIAN 11.0 k 3 Stuttgart Formation (Schilfsandstein) anhydrite, BB CO2 Daxatina 231.0 230 k 2 Grabfeld Fm. (Lower Gipskeuper) gypsum BW, LADINIAN k 1 Erfurt Formation (Lettenkeuper) BY Bad Cannstatt ku TRIASSIC 7.0 Germany limest. BW, mo m 7-9 Trochitenkalk\ Meißner \ Warburg Fm. German Trias MIDDLE 238.0 m 4-6 Karlst.\ Heilbronn\ Diemel Fm. BB, ST, BY, mm ANISIAN 6.0 240 m 1-3 mu Muschelkalk 51 TRIASSIC 13 Jena Fm. Röt Fm. TH, NI, rock 244.0 s 7 HE, NW BW so OLENEKIAN 5.0 s 3-6 Volprieh. \ Detfurth \ Hardegsen \ Solling Fm. salt sm Buntsand- 249.0 Triassic of Central Europe LOW. TRIASS. 7 250 sst. Bernburg su Hindeodus parvus INDUAN 2.0 251.0 s1\s2 Calvörde \ Bernburg Fm. NI, ST, TH, HE, BY, BW, RP Pavement ST stein GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) Time: Scale GSSP proposed locality in Germany Million years (Ma) changeover Age of resource = Age of reservoir rock Sponsored by: According to Stratigraphische Tabelle von Deutschland 2002 (STD 2002), Early Palaeozoic, Permian, Triassic, Quaternary, GSSP slightly modified, with selected resources.