Bunter Sandstone

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Bunter Sandstone is a Lower Triassic sedimentary rock formation in central Europe, characterized by its colorful, layered sandstones that form prominent landscapes and are important for regional geology and groundwater reservoirs.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bunter Sandstone canonical 3
Bentheim sandstone 1
Bunter sandstone 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation
sedimentary rock unit
age approximately 252 to 247 million years ago
climateIndicator arid to semi-arid conditions
color brown
red
variegated
yellow
contains cross-bedding
paleosols
ripple marks
depositionalEnvironment aeolian
alluvial fan
fluvial
forms cliff faces
cuesta landscapes
rock towers
geologicPeriod Triassic
geologicSubperiod Lower Triassic
GermanName Buntsandstein
linked to: Keuper
hasPart Lower Bunter
Middle Bunter
Upper Bunter
languageOfName German
lithology conglomerate
mudstone
sandstone
siltstone
locatedIn Czech Republic
France
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
central Europe
namedAfter its colorful appearance
notableExposure Black Forest
Odenwald
Spessart
Thuringian Forest
Vosges Mountains
partOf Germanic Trias
permeability high
porosity high
stratigraphicPositionAbove Permian formations
stratigraphicPositionBelow Muschelkalk
usedAs aquifer
building stone
dimension stone
groundwater reservoir

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thuringian Basin dominantRocks Bunter Sandstone
Friedrich von Alberti studied Bunter Sandstone
Bentheim knownFor Bentheim sandstone
linked to: Bunter Sandstone
South German Scarplands geology Bunter Sandstone
Long Anna geologicalFormation Bunter sandstone
linked to: Bunter Sandstone