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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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