Læså Formation

Læså running through the meadow in the bottom of Ekkodalen on the island of Bornholm, Denmark
Læså Formation

Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsBroens Odde Member, Rispebjerg Member
OverliesHardeberga Formation
Thicknessapprox. 103 metres (340 ft)
Location
RegionBornholm
CountryDenmark

The Læså Formation is a lower Cambrian unit exposed on the Baltic island Bornholm, comprising two members: the lower, the Broens Odde Member, colloquially and previously informally termed "green shales" (Grønne Skifre), a 100 m thick glauconitic silt-sandstone occasionally bearing extremely acritarch-rich phosphatic pebbles;[1] gradually transitioning upwards into the upper, the 3 m thick Rispebjerg Member, a sandstone.[2]

References

  1. ^ Vidal G. 1981. Lower Cambrian acritarch stratigraphy in Scandinavia. GFF. 103:183–192.
  2. ^ Clausen C.K., Vilhjálmsson M. 1986. Substrate control of lower Cambrian trace fossils from Bornholm, Denmark. Palaeogeogr. …Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecol. 56:51–68.


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