Derivation of name: After Magdalensberg (Kahler, 1953:
p. 12).
er farmstead along a forest road (Neubauer, 1979: Fig. 2,
p. 460).
Synonyms: Kalktrapp und dioritischer Porphyr (Rosthorn
& Canaval, 1853); grüne Schiefer (Lipold, 1856a); paläozoische Grauwackenschiefer und Diabasgesteine (Beck,
1931); Mandelgesteine und Lockergesteine (Kahler &
Wolfsegger, 1934); Magdalensbergserie (Riehl-Herwirsch, 1970); Magdalensberg-Folge [partim] (Thiedig,
2005).
Reference section(s): -
Lithology: Phyllitic shale, conglomerate layers; pillow lavas; greenish and purple tuffs, ferruginous dolomitic tuffs
with carbonatic lenses, lydites.
Fossils: An overview of the fauna is provided by RiehlHerwirsch (1970) who listed bryozoans, chitinozoans
(see also Groschopf, 1970), conodonts, graptolites, ostracods, radiolarians and scolecodonts. Macrofossils from
the Magdalensberg Group are brachiopods obtained by
Seelmeier (1939, 1940) and Havlicek et al. (1987). Acritarchs were described by Reitz (1994).
Origin, facies: Submarine stratovolcano(s).
Chronostratigraphic age: Floian–Darriwilian (?).
Biostratigraphy: According to the acritarch assemblage
Early to Middle Ordovician age is suggested for the Lower
Magdalensberg Group by Reitz (1994).
Thickness: > 500 m.
Lithostratigraphically higher rank unit: Lithostratigraphic subdivision: Following Reitz (1994),
the Magdalensberg Group is divided into a Lower Magdalensberg Group (dominated by clastic rocks) and Upper Magdalensberg Group (dominated by volcanic rocks).
This subdivision follows earlier discriminations of Kahler
(1953), Riehl-Herwirsch (1970) and Groschopf (1970).
Underlying unit(s): Overlying unit(s): Golzeck Formation, Schattloch Phyllites, Nock Group; “Gurktal Quartzphyllite Complex”.
Lateral unit(s): Geographic distribution: Carinthia, highland east of Magdalensberg between St. Christoph and Brückl (Riehl-Herwirsch, 1970), in the surrounding of Bleiburg and at the
border to Slovenia at St. Georgen (compare Reitz, 1994).
Remarks: Complementary references: Peters (1855), Murban
(1938), Fritsch et al. (1960), Strehl (1962), Fritsch (1969),
Buchroithner (1979), Neubauer (1979), Schönlaub (1979,
1992), Neubauer & Pistotnik (1984), Gosen et al. (1985),
Mulfinger (1988), Loeschke (1989a), Pistotnik (1989),
Holzer & Goritschnig (1997), Kettrup (1998).
Golzeck-Formation / Golzeck Formation
Thomas J. Suttner
Validity: Valid; the unit is well described as “GolzeckSchiefer” by Neubauer (1979), but the name Golzeck Formation first appears on the scheme of Schönlaub (1992:
Fig. 13, p. 399).
Type area: ÖK50-UTM, map sheets 3230 Tamsweg, 4225
Murau (ÖK50-BMN, map sheets 158 Stadl, 159 Murau).
Type section: The type section is located south of Murau
in the Auen area (N 47°02’31” / E 14°09’23”; N 47°02’37” /
E 14°09’28”; N 47°02’26” / E 14°09’25”) near the Haid30
Derivation of name: After Mount Golzeck (in the Auen
area).
Synonyms: Arkosenschiefer (Thurner, 1958); GolzeckSchiefer (Neubauer, 1979).
Lithology: grey to greyish green shale, metapsammites,
phyllitic shale, ferruginous dolomite (Neubauer, 1979:
p. 459).
Fossils: Conodonts, crinoids.
Origin, facies: Marine deposits consisting of weathering products of acidic volcanites and metamorphic areas
(compare Neubauer, 1984: Fig. 17, p. 56); phyllitic unit.
Chronostratigraphic age: Middle–Late Ordovician (Neu1979).
bauer,
Biostratigraphy: Among six conodont taxa described
from this unit (compare Neubauer, 1979), fragments assigned to Amorphognathus? sp. indicate Late Ordovician.
Based on the assemblage provided by Neubauer (1979),
no further assignment can be made, which would constrain the unit to a distinctive biostratigraphic zone.
Thickness: > 100 m.
Lithostratigraphically higher rank unit: Auen Group (see
remarks).
Lithostratigraphic subdivision: Underlying unit(s): Magdalensberg Group, Kaser Group,
“Metadiabase“.
Overlying unit(s): Golzeck Porphyry (conformable contact).
Lateral unit(s): Schattloch Phyllites (conformable contact).
Geographic distribution: Styria and Carinthia, in the surrounding of Murau, especially south of it near the Styrian/
Carinthian states border in the area of Auen (Neubauer,
1979: Fig. 1).
Remarks: Neubauer (1979) distinguished three groups
within the Lower Paleozoic sequence of the Gurktal
Nappe: the Auen Group, Pranker Group and Murau Group.
Within the Auen Group (compare Text-Fig. 3) mainly carbonatic units (Lower Auen Dolomite, Middle Auen Dolomite,
Haider Marble and Upper Auen Dolomite) together with
shales (Golzeck Formation) and magmatic deposits (Golzeck Porphyry) are lumped.
Complementary references: Schönlaub (1979), Neubauer & Pistotnik (1984), Gosen et al. (1985).
Golzeck-Porphyroid / Golzeck Porphyry
Thomas J. Suttner
Validity: Invalid; first mapped by Geyer (1891a, b); well
described by Neubauer (1979).
Type area: ÖK50-UTM, map sheets 3230 Tamsweg, 4225
Murau (ÖK50-BMN, map sheets 158 Stadl, 159 Murau).
Type section: Reference section(s): Section in the vicinity of Haider farmstead located south of Murau in the Auen area
(N 47°02’27” / E 14°09’24”).
Time Scale
Auen Group
Pranker Group
Murau Group
Althofen Group
(NEUBAUER, 1979)
(NEUBAUER, 1979)
(NEUBAUER, 1979)
(SCHÖNLAUB, 1971c)
359.2
15.3
Frasnian
10.8
Givetian
6.5
Eifelian
5.7
Emsian
9.5
Pragian
4.2
Lochkovian
4.8
Upper Althofen Formation
?
M
Pr
LudLlandovery Wenlock low
SILURIAN
416.0
Reef-debris limestones of Althofen
Ursch Dolomite
Lower Althofen Limestone
Haider Marble
Pranker Metaclastics
2.7
Ludfordian
Gorstian
Homerian
Sheinwoodian
M
U
443.7
ORDOVICIAN
Althofen Limestone Breccia
Upper Auen Dolomite
L
DEVONIAN
U
Famennian
4.2
Middle Auen Dolomite
5.5
Murau Group
Telychian
Aeronian
15.5
Rhuddanian
Hirnantian
1.9
Schattloch Phyllites
Lower Auen Dolomite
Katian
10.2
Sandbian
5.1
Darriwilian
Golzeck Porphyry
Golzeck Formation
Text-Fig. 3.
Literature-based subdivision and correlation of the Auen, Pranker, Murau and Althofen groups (Gurktal Nappe).
Derivation of name: After a magmatic unit at Mount Golzeck (in the Auen area).
Synonyms: Golzeck-Quarzporphyr (Neubauer, 1979).
Lithology: Quartzporphyry and purple metatuffs.
Fossils: Origin, facies: Following Neubauer (1984: p. 56) the Golzeck Porphyry forms the volcanic basement of a submarine swell facies which is represented by the overlying carbonatic development of the Auen Group; magmatic unit.
Chronostratigraphic age: Late Ordovician age is concluded by Gosen et al. (1985: p. 696), as this unit is overlain by meta-rhyolites and carbonates (Lower Auen Dolomite), of which the base of the latter deposits is assigned
to the ordovicicus Zone (Neubauer, 1979: p. 464).
Biostratigraphy: Thickness: Approx. 7 m.
Lithostratigraphically higher rank unit: Auen Group (see
remarks at Golzeck Formation).
Lithostratigraphic subdivision: Underlying unit(s): Golzeck Formation (conformable contact).
Overlying unit(s): Lower Auen Dolomite (conformable
contact).
Lateral unit(s): Schattloch Phyllites.
Geographic distribution: Styria and Carinthia, in the surrounding of Murau, especially south of it near the Styrian/
Carinthian states border in the area of Auen (Neubauer,
1979: Fig. 1).
Unterer Auen-Dolomit / Lower Auen Dolomite
Thomas J. Suttner
Validity: Invalid; the name “Unterer Auen-Dolomit” for
this unit was first used by Neubauer (1979: p. 464), who
mapped and revised the Lower Paleozoic succession of
low metamorphic sediments around Murau.
Type area: ÖK50-UTM, map sheets 3230 Tamsweg, 4225
Murau (ÖK50-BMN, map sheets 158 Stadl, 159 Murau).
Type section: Reference section(s): Section approx. 100 m north of
Haider farmstead located south of Murau in the Auen area
(N 47°02’33” / E 14°09’16”).
Derivation of name: After Auen area (compare locality
map of Neubauer, 1979: Fig. 1).
Synonyms: Dolomitkeile von Laßnitzau [partim] (Thurner,
1956: p. 164).
Lithology: Micaceous light pink to greenish marbles, ferruginous dolomite lense, bright and grey dolomite (massive and bedded intervals).
Fossils: Conodonts.
Origin, facies: Shallow marine, neritic unit.
Chronostratigraphic age: Katian to Hirnantian (Neubauer, 1979).
Biostratigraphy: ordovicicus conodont zone.
Thickness: 6 m.
Lithostratigraphically higher rank unit: Auen Group (see
remarks at Golzeck Formation).
Remarks: -
Lithostratigraphic subdivision: -
Complementary references: Schönlaub (1979, 1992),
Neubauer & Pistotnik (1984).
Underlying unit(s): Golzeck Porphyry (conformable contact).
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53.7
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DARRIWILIAN
LUDFORDIAN
420
4.2
GORSTIAN
15.5 435
440
HIRNANTIAN
443.7
445
12.1 450
455
460
7.2 465
6.8
488.3
490
12.7 495
PAIBIAN
500
505
12.0
510
515
29.0
535
540
542
Conglomerates
Blasseneck Porphyry
Wildschönau Schists
Western Greywacke Zone
Red Sparitic Ls.
Polster
Quartzite
5.1
Blasseneck Porphyry
Quartzites
Kaintalgraben
Fm.
Kalwang
Gerichtsgraben
Conglomerate Formation
3.7 470
Eastern Greywacke Zone
9.7
pelagic, offshore, siliciclastic
basalt
phyllite
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Bameder-, Heigger
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Magdalensberg Group/
Kaser Group/
“Metadiabase”
terrestrial-continental, fine clastic
hiatus
evaporite (chloride, sulphate)
unconformity
rhyolite, dacite
GSSP
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Rauchkofel
Limestone
Megaerella Ls.
Alticola Limestone
Middle and Upper
Bischofalm Shales
Cardiola Fm.
Va l V i s d e n d e F m .
Carnic Alps
Kitzeck
Slates
Gurktal Nappe System
Remschnigg/Sausal
475
480
Legend
485
coal (may include several seams)
(basaltic) andesite, trachyandesite
EOL
Platy
Limestone
Alticola Ls.
Cardiola
Fm.
Limestones,
Lydites
Lydites,
Limestone Breccia
Seeberg Coral-Crinoidal Limestone
Seeland Crinoidal Limestone
L i m e s t o n e
Shale,
Limestones
F o r m a t i o n
L i m e s t o n e
Kronhof Limestone
Hochwipfel Formation
Kirchbach Limestone
Hochwipfel Formation
Dimon Formation
Hochwipfel Formation
Erlachgraben Formation
Auernig Group
R e e f
Z o l l n e r
Hohe Trieb Fm.
Valentin Limestone
Kronhof Limestone
Plotta Lydite
Dornerkogel Formation
F o r m a t i o n
Grenzland Formation
Seeberg
Shale
Bronteus Limestone
Findenig Limestone
Marinelli Limestone
Kollinkofel Limestone
P a l
Kellergrat Reef Limestone
Feldkogel Limestone
F o r m a t i o n
B ä r e n s c h ü t z
S a n z e n k o g e l
Upper Carboniferous
of St. Paul
Stangnock Formation
R
M
L a a s
F o r m a t i o n
S a n d s t o n e s
Werchzirm Formation
A l p i n e
F o r m a t i o n
Trogkofel Limestone
Orthoceratid
Limestone
Hohe
Warte
Ls.
Cellon Limestone
Vinz Limestone
Freikofel Limestone
Seewarte
Ls.
Kellerwand
Limestone
?
Lambertenghi Spinotti Ls.
Limestone
Eiskar Limestone
Gamskogel Limestone
Dolomite from Hannersdorf
Lydites
G r e y w a c k e s
Hochlantsch
Fm.
Zachenspitz Fm.
Fahrneck Fm.
Steinberg Formation
?
Lower Bischofalm Shale
Kollerkogel
Formation
?
Nölbling Formation
Boden
Limestone
Metabasaltic
Complex
Kok Formation
Dolomites and shales
from the Hochsteinmaißberg
and from Sulz
Schöckel Fm.
Hochschlag Fm.
Burgstall
Flaser Limestones
Metapsammitic
Complex
Schönberg Formation
St.Jakob Formation
Osser Fm.
Plabutsch
Formation
Tyrnaueralm
Fm.
Schweinegg Fm.
Hubenhalt Formation
Rotmüller Fm.
Kogler Formation
Harrberger Fm.
Flösserkogel
Formation
Carboniferous of Nötsch
Bischofalm Quartzite
2.7
Hahngraben
Formation
Nötsch
Formation
Uggwa Limestone
416
Dolomites
C o m p l e x
LOCHKOVIAN 4.8
Northern Calcareous Alps
Himmelberg
Sandstone
Uggwa
Shale
RHUDDANIAN
410
Parmasegg
Formation
M e t a p e l i t i c
Zlichovian
CrinoidStromatoporoid
Limestone
Semriach Fm.
405
Hackensteiner Formation
9.5
Reef-debris Ls.
of Althofen
Kötschberg
Formation
400
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ERATHEM /
ERA
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GUADALUPIAN LOPINGIAN EPOCH
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G r ö d e n
F o r m a t i o n
Graschnitz Formation
Silbersberg Formation
Kristberg Beds
Präbichl Formation
V e r r u c c a n o
F o r m a t i o n
Northern Calcareous Alps
Wolayer
Limestone
430
?
Fleons
Greywacke
TELYCHIAN
315
Comelico
Porphyry
HOMERIAN
5.5 425
SHEINWOOD.
Upper
Althofen
Formation
Kehr Fm.
4.2
395
Gurktal Quartzphyllite Complex
Dalejian
390
Murau Limestone (Grebenzen Limestone)
TOURNAISIAN 13.9
A c i d i c Vo l c a n i c l a s t i c s
AERONIAN
5.7
Schists,
Lydites
Shale, Lydite Breccias
Lower Paleozoic
of Zöbing
Ta s c h e n F o r m a t i o n
PRIDOLI
6.5
305
Murau Group
385
?
“Clastic Group”
PRAGIAN
10.8 380
Eisenhut Group
EMSIAN
251
Rosental
Formation
375
Nock Group
370
Althofen
Limestone Breccia
359.2
Lower
Althofen
Limestone
365
(Kaindorf Dolomite)
350
Schattloch Phyllites
EIFELIAN
15.3
Upper
Auen Dolomite
355
Ursch Dolomite
345
Pranker Metaclastics
Mölbling Dolomite
Mölbling Limestone
340
Haider Marble (Adelsberg Limestone)
335
Middle Auen
Dolomite
18.9
Lower Auen
Dolomite
330
Golzeck
Porphyry
325
Steilbach Formation
SERPUKHOV- 8.3
IAN
Upper Polster Limestone
320
Red Phyllites
GIVETIAN
310
Petersbaumgraben
Formation
FRASNIAN
6.4
Massive
Limestones
FAMENNIAN
5.2
Sunk
Formation
2.6
Triebenstein Formation
KASIMOVIAN
Platy
Limestone
4.9
Flaser Limestones
299
Orthoceratid Limestone
GZHELIAN
255
Cystoid Limestone
VISEAN
4.4
Z ö b i n g
295
Eisenerz Formation
BASHKIRIAN
10.2 290
Flaser Limestone
E
LOWER PERMIAN
CISURALIAN
P
285
Crinoidal Limestone
MOSKOVIAN
2.8
Limestone Breccia
ASSELIAN
280
Sauberg
Limestone
S
275
Cavernous
Banded
Limestone
U
SAKMARIAN
8.8
?
Rad Schists
O
U. CARBONIFEROUS
PENNSYLVANIAN
R
5.0
270
D o l o m i t e
E
265
S c h w a z
F
KUNGURIAN
Dolomites, Flaser Limestones
I
ARTINSKIAN
5.4
DolomiteLydite
Group
N
260
Dolomites,
Limestones with tuffs
O
2.6
D o l o m i t e
B
ROADIAN
S p i e l b e r g
R
2.2
F o r m a t i o n
A
L O W E R C A R B O N I F E R O U S
M I S S I S S I P P I A N
C
WORDIAN
Orthoceratid
Limestone
N
CAPITANIAN
Dienten Schists
A
UPPER
DEVONIAN
I
C
Dzhulfian
S c h a t t b e r g
N
I
WUCHIAPING6.6
IAN
Klinglerkar Formation
O
MIDDLE
DEVONIAN
V
O
Dorashamian
Löhnersbach Formation
LOWER
DEVONIAN
E
Z
CHANGHSINGIAN
Volcanics
WEN- LUDLOCK LOW
D
O
TIME Ma
DURATION Ma
STAGE /
AGE
Lydites, Arkoses, Schists
LLANDOVERY
S I L U R I A N
E
Global Classification
Golzeck Formation
UPPER
ORDOVICIAN
A
27.7
MIDDLE
ORDOVICIAN
O
L
56.8
LOWER
ORDOVICIAN
O
A
60.2
MIDDLE
CAMBRIAN
A
P
48
LOWER CAMBRIAN
C
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?
Haselgebirge
Bellerophon
Formation
Bellerophon
Formation
Gröden Formation
Gröden Formation
Ta r v i s B r e c c i a
Treßdorf Limestone
Clastic
Trogkofel
Formation
Upper
Pseudoschwagerina
Formation
Drau Range
Rattendorf Formation
Lower
Pseudoschwagerina
Formation
Auernig Group
Waidegg Formation
Höchkg.
Formation
Badstub
Formation
L i m e s t o n e s
Cardiola Fm.
Nodular Limestone
Plöcken
Formation
“Untere Schichten”
Coquina
Limestones
South Karavanke Mountains