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Main dolomite

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Type
  
Geological formation

Primary
  
Dolostone

Main dolomite httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Thickness
  
0–2,200 metres (0–7,218 ft)

Region
  
Limestone Alps and Apennines ranges, Central Europe

Nick cameron discovering the main dolomite tight light oil play of western poland


Main dolomite (also Main Dolomite, German: Hauptdolomit, Italian: Dolomia Principale) is a lithostratigraphic unit in the Alps of Europe.

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Geology

The formation is found in:

  • the Northern Limestone Alps and Southern Limestone Alps of the Limestone Alps, a mountain system of the western and Central Eastern Alps.
  • the Apennines in Italy

    • It is primarily made of dolomite rock, ranging 0–2,200 metres (0–7,218 ft) in thickness. The formation was deposited in shallow lagoons during the Late Carnian and Early Norian ages of the Late Triassic epoch in the Triassic Period, during the Mesozoic Era..

    Fossils

    Fossil prosauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.

    References

    Main dolomite Wikipedia
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