International Field Workshop on 'The Triassic of eastern France'

DAY 3 — THURSDAY, 05.10.2006 .....................................................................................................................59
STOP 3.1 - SAINT-HUBERT (OLD QUARRIES AND ROAD CUT): UPPER KEUPER (‘GRÈS RHÉTIENS’ FM) .................59
STOP 3.2 - HOMBOURG-BUDANGE (D978 ROAD CUTTING): MIDDLE KEUPER (‘DOLOMIE DE BEAUMONT’ FM,
MARGINAL FACIES) ......................................................................................................................................60
STOP 3.3 - KEMPLICH (OLD GYPSUM QUARRY): MIDDLE KEUPER (‘MARNES IRISÉES SUPÉRIEURES’ FM, WITH
EO-CIMMERIAN UNCONFORMITY)...............................................................................................................61
STOP 3.4 - RÉMELFANG: MIDDLE KEUPER (BASAL PART OF THE ‘GRÈS À ROSEAUX’ FM.) ...................................62
STOP 3.5 - HELSTROFF (D19 ROAD CUTTING): UPPERMOST MUSCHELKALK (‘CALCAIRE À CÉRATITES’ AND
DOLOMITIZED ‘CALCAIRE À TÉRÉBRATULES’ FMS)....................................................................................63
STOP 3.6 - SAINT-AVOLD (N3 ROAD CUTTING): MIDDLE BUNTSANDSTEIN (‘CONGLOMÉRAT PRINCIPAL’ AND
‘ZONE LIMITE VIOLETTE’ FMS) ...................................................................................................................64
STOP 3.7 - SANKT-ARNUAL (CLIFFS IN STIFTSWALD): UPPER BUNTSANDSTEIN (‘COUCHES INTERMÉDIAIRES’
FM.) ..............................................................................................................................................................64
STOP 3.8 - GROSBLIEDERSTROFF (N61 ROAD CUTTING): HARDEGSEN UNCONFORMITY (BETWEEN MIDDLE AND
UPPER BUNTSANDSTEIN).............................................................................................................................66
DAY 4 — FRIDAY, 06.10.2006 ............................................................................................................................66
STOP 4.1 - WEISKIRCH: LOWER MUSCHELKALK (‘GRÈS COQUILLIER’ FM, WITH BALL-AND-PILLOW
STRUCTURES) ...............................................................................................................................................66
STOP 4.2 - VOLMUNSTER-LENGELSHEIM: LOWER MUSCHELKALK (‘VOLMUNSTER’ FORMATION, WELLENKALK
FACIES).........................................................................................................................................................68
STOP 4.3 - BITCHE (N62 ROAD): HARDEGSEN UNCONFORMITY (BETWEEN MIDDLE AND UPPER
BUNTSANDSTEIN).........................................................................................................................................70
STOP 4.4 - BITCHE (CITADEL): MIDDLE BUNTSANDSTEIN (KARLSTAL FACIES OF THE ‘GRÈS VOSGIEN’ FM) ......73
Facies association: Fluvio-aeolian overbank environments..............................................................................73
STOP 4.5 - NIEDERSTEINBACH (FOREST TRAIL): PERMIAN (‘FRENCH LOWER BUNTSANDSTEIN’ (‘GRÈS
D'ANNWEILER’ FM.) ON ROTLIEGENDS) .....................................................................................................74
STOP 4.6 - FLECKENSTEIN CASTLE: ‘GRÈS D'ANNWEILER’ FM. AND TRIFELS FACIES OF THE ‘GRÈS VOSGIEN’
FM.................................................................................................................................................................74
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................................77
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