Main Dolomite Hauptdolomit Fődolomit Dolomia Principale
Stratigraphic range: Carnian-Norian
Typical grey Main dolomite (Hauptdolomit) from rock quarry near Hradište pod Vrátnom, Slovakia
Type
Geological formation
Thickness
0–2,200 m (0–7,218 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Dolomite
Other
Limestone
Location
Region
Limestone Alps & Apennines Central Europe
Country
Austria Germany Hungary Italy Slovakia
Type section
Named for
"Main Dolomite"
Named by
Gümbel
Year defined
1857
Main dolomite of the Langbathscholle, Kaltenbachwildnis, Austria
Main Dolomite (German: Hauptdolomit, Hungarian: Fődolomit, Italian: Dolomia Principale) is a lithostratigraphic unit in the Alps of Europe. Formation was defined by K.W. Gümbel in 1857.
Middle to Late Triassic sedimentary record in the Alpine realm is characterized by presence of various masses of dolomitic rock formations. In the Northern Calcareous Alps the dolomitic mass of Ladinian - Norian age is divided by the Carnian sandstones and shales of Lunz Formation to the Ladinian - Carnian Wetterstein Dolomite and Norian Main Dolomite.[1] The Main Dolomite reaches higher thickness than underlying dolomites in Alps, therefore it is considered as more important "Main".
^Tollmann, A., 1976: Analyse des klassischen nordalpinen Mesozoikums, Wien, Franz Deuticke, 580 pp.
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