BUNTER  , the name applied by See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologists to the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage or subdivision of the Triassic rocks in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . The name has been adapted from the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Buntsandstein, Der bunte Sandstein, for it was in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany that this See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental type of Triassic See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit was first carefully studied . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, the Bunter is known as the Gres bigarre . In See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and central Germany, in the Harz, Thuringia and See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse, the Bunter is usually conformable with the underlying See also:

• PERMIAN

Permian formation; in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and west, however, it transgresses on to older rocks, on to See also:

• COAL

Coal See also:

• MEASURES

Measures near Saarbruck, and upon the crystalline See also:

• SCHISTS (Gr. vxq'ecv, to split)

schists of See also:

• ODENWALD

Odenwald and the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• FOREST

Forest . The German subdivisions of the Bunter are as follows;—(1) Upper Buntsandstein, or Rot, mottled red and See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green marls and See also:

• CLAYS, PAUL JEAN (1819-1900)

clays with occasional beds of shale, See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone, See also:

• GYPSUM

gypsum, rocksalt and See also:

• DOLOMITE

dolomite . In Hesse and Thuringia, a quartzitic sandstone prevails in the lower See also:

• PART

part . The " Rhizocoralhum Dolomite " (R . Jenense, probably a sponge) of the latter See also:

• DISTRICT

district contains the only Bunter See also:

• FAUNA

fauna of any importance . In See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine and the See also:

• EIFEL

Eifel and See also:

• SAAR

Saar districts there are micaceous clays and sandstones with plant remains—the Voltsia sandstone .