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Zechstein
Zechstein ech"stein`, n. [Gr., fr. zeche a mine + stein a stone.] (Geol.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

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- The Zechstein (German either from mine stone or tough stone) is a unit of sedimentary rock layers of Late Permian (Lopingian) age located in the European...
- from the Buntsandstein (Lower Tri****ic) and, to a lesser extent, the Zechstein (Upper Permian), deposited between 256 and 243 million years ago under...
- Society. 20. Eichwald, Eduard (1848), Ueber die Saurier des Kupferführenden Zechsteins Russlands, Moscow Kammerer, Christian F. (2011). "Systematics of the Anteosauria...
- portal Eichwald, Eduard (1848). "Uber die Saurier des kupferfhrenden Zechsteins Russlands". Bulletin de la Société Nationale de Moscou (in Russian). 21:...
- coming from the lower Permian sandstones which are sealed by the upper Zechstein salt. The evolution of the North Sea basin occurred through multiple stages...
- Hammerfest and Nordkapp basins. In northwest Europe Upper Permian salt of the Zechstein Group has formed salt domes over the central and southern North Sea, extending...
- 1371/journal.pone.0097828 Grebe, H (1957), "Zur Mikroflora des niederrheinischen Zechsteins", Geologisches Jahrbuch, 73: 51–74 Guthörl, P (1965), "Zur Arthropoden-Fauna...
- characterised by a block of bunter sandstone and its underlying formations of Zechstein. The tectonically formed bedding of these rock types and their subsequent...
- Rotliegend mainly consists of sandstone layers. It is usually covered by the Zechstein and lies on top of regionally different formations of late Carboniferous...
- located. This geological feature is part of the 240 million years old Zechstein Group formations. The salt dome, with a volume of 46 million cubic metres...