Keuper
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The Keuper refers to the upper division of the German Triassic period. This geological term is used to describe rock sequences, specifically marls and clays, that are part of the Triassic System. The Triassic System is a major geological period that followed the Permian and preceded the Jurassic periods.12
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geochronologyCompletion of the Phanerozoic time scale…the Muschelkalk Limestone, and the Keuper Marls and Clays, as constituting the Trias or Triassic System.
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Triassic PeriodKeuper.) Alberti’s rock sequence, which became known as the “Germanic facies,” had many drawbacks as a standard for assigning relative ages to Triassic rocks from other regions of the world, and so for much of the 19th and 20th centuries Triassic stages were based mainly…
Read MoreKeuper.) Alberti’s rock sequence, which became known as the “Germanic facies,” had many drawbacks as a standard for assigning relative ages to Triassic rocks from other regions of the world, and so for much of the 19th and 20th centuries Triassic stages were based mainly…
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