Schlern Dolomite

Schlern Dolomite
Stratigraphic range: Triassic Period,
Mesozoic Era
Type Geologic formation
Unit of Wetterstein limestone
Lithology
Primary Dolomite
Location
Region Northern Limestone Alps
Country Austria

The Schlern Dolomite is a Dolomite geologic formation in the Northern Limestone Alps, in Austria.

It is a unit of the Wetterstein limestone formation, found in the Limestone Alps.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era.

See also

References


Triassic Period
Lower/Early Triassic Middle Triassic Upper/Late Triassic
Induan |Olenekian Anisian | Ladinian Carnian | Norian
Rhaetian


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