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Wind
Identification:
Title:
Wind
Type:
Outcrop
Date of visit:
Investigator/Author:
Tamás Báldi
Description:
Strata assigned to the Eger Formation rest conformably on the lower Oligocene Kiscell Clay ForFIGURE 1. Position of the locality studied within Hungary.
mation (Báldi, 1983). Higher in the section,
glauconitic tuffaceous sandstones are exposed,
and above follows the so-called molluscan clay
(thickness 35–40 m), which contains a rich and
diverse microfauna with foraminifera, small molluscs and teleost otoliths. Higher up, the 5.0–5.5 m
thick sequence of sandy clay (called “middle flora”)
is exposed, followed by approximately 2 m of limonitic sandstones containing a varied, excellently
preserved molluscan fauna. This level is referred to
as the “k” layer (from “kövületes” for fossiliferous, in
Hungarian). The succession continues with brackish, shallow-marine sands, the so-called “m” layer
(from “mytilitic”). Finally, there is a 4–5 m thick level
of limonitic sand on the top of the succession.
