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{{Documentation subpage}} <!-- Please place categories where indicated at the bottom of this page and interwikis at Wikidata (see [[Wikipedia:Wikidata]]) --> {{Lua|Module:Infobox|Module:InfoboxImage}} ==Usage== Specify parameters as instructed below. * {{{name}}} will default to the name of the page if unspecified. * {{{period}}} should specify the main period in which the unit lies; if this value is a unlinked standard period name, this value will colour the taxobox according to the international standard period colours. * If {{{age}}} is unspecified, then the value of {{{period}}} will also be used to illustrate the unit's stratigraphic range (see [[:Template:Period color]]). * When specified, the mark up text for {{{age}}} appears for the unit's stratigraphic range, and if includes [[:Template:fossilrange]] or [[:Template:Geological range]] may illustrate the unit's temporal range (see [[#rangeEx|examples]]). <pre> {{Infobox rockunit | name = | period = | age = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | type = [[Geological formation]] | prilithology = | otherlithology = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = up to {{Convert||ft|m|-1}} | area = | map = | map_caption = <!----Location----> | location = | coordinates = {{Coord||N||W|display=inline}} | region = | country = | extent = {{Convert||mi|km}} <!--Type section---> | namedfor = <!--Usually a nearby town--> | namedby = <!--Author of defining paper--> | year_ts = <!--Year of definition--> | location_ts = <!--Place,mountain,...--> | coordinates_ts = {{Coord||N||W|display=inline}}<!--Geographic coordinates--> | paleocoordinates_ts = {{Coord||N||W|display=inline}}<!--Paleocoordinates--> | region_ts = <!--Region of type section--> | country_ts = <!--Country of type section--> | thickness_ts = <!--Thickness at type section--> }} </pre> === Usage examples === {{Infobox rockunit | name = Marcellus Formation | age = Mid Devonian, ~{{fossil range|395|390}} | period = Mid Devonian | image = MarcellusShaleBank1.jpg | imagesize = 180px | type = [[Geological formation]] | prilithology = [[Shale]] | otherlithology = [[Slate]], [[Limestone]], [[Sandstone]] | region = [[Appalachian Basin]] of<br>eastern North America | country = {country} | coordinates = {{coord|42.99|N|76.34|W}} | caption = Marcellus shale exposure above Marcellus, New York | unitof = [[Hamilton Group]] | subunits = {list of sub-units} | underlies = [[Mahantango Formation]] | overlies = [[Onondaga Formation]] | thickness = up to {{convert|900|ft|m|-1}} | extent = {{convert|600|mi|km}} | area = {area} | map = Little Belts.PNG | map_caption = Extent of the Marcellus Formation | namedfor = [[Marcellus (village), New York|Marcellus, New York]] | namedby = [[James Hall (paleontologist)|James Hall]] | year_ts = 1839 | location_ts = <!--Place,mountain,...--> | coordinates_ts = <!--{{Coord||N||W|display=inline}}Geographic coordinates--> | region_ts = <!--Region of type section--> | country_ts = United States | thickness_ts = <!--Thickness at type section--> }} <pre>{{Infobox rockunit | name = Marcellus Formation | age = Mid Devonian, ~{{fossil range|395|390}} | period = Mid Devonian | image = MarcellusShaleBank1.jpg | imagesize = 180px | type = [[Geological formation]] | prilithology = [[Shale]] | otherlithology = [[Slate]], [[Limestone]], [[Sandstone]] | region = [[Appalachian Basin]] of <br><eastern North America | country = {country} | coordinates = {{coord|42.99|N|76.34|W}} | caption = Marcellus shale exposure above Marcellus, New York | unitof = [[Hamilton Group]] | subunits = {list of sub-units} | underlies = [[Mahantango Formation]] | overlies = [[Onondaga Formation]] | thickness = up to {{convert|900|ft|m|-1}} | extent = {{convert|600|mi|km}} | area = {area} | map = Little Belts.PNG | map_caption = Extent of the Marcellus Formation | namedfor = [[Marcellus (village), New York|Marcellus, New York]] | namedby = [[James Hall (paleontologist)|James Hall]] | year_ts = 1839 | location_ts = <!--Place,mountain,...--> | coordinates_ts = {{Coord||N||W|display=inline}}<!--Geographic coordinates--> | region_ts = <!--Region of type section--> | country_ts = United States | thickness_ts = <!--Thickness at type section--> }} </pre> {{-}} {{infobox rockunit | name = Cretaceous chalk | prilithology = Chalk | period = Late Cretaceous | country = U.K. }} <pre> {{infobox rockunit | name = Cretaceous chalk | period = Late Cretaceous | prilithology = Chalk | country = U.K. }}</pre> {{-}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Dakota Formation / Group | age = <br/>[[Albian]]-[[Cenomanian]],<br/>around {{fossilrange|100|95}} | period = Cretaceous }} {{anchor|rangeEx}} Because the Dakota straddles the Albian-Cenomanian (early/late) boundary, the Cretaceous is used for the colour: <pre> {{Infobox rockunit | name = Dakota Formation / Group | age = <br/>[[Albian]]-[[Cenomanian]],<br/>around {{fossilrange|100|95}} | period = Cretaceous }}</pre> ==Tracking category== *{{clc|Pages using infobox rockunit with unknown parameters}} ==Template Data== {{TemplateData header}} <templatedata> { "params": { "name": {}, "period": {}, "age": {} } } </templatedata> <includeonly>{{sandbox other|| <!-- Categories below this line, please; interwikis at Wikidata --> [[Category:Place infobox templates|Rockunit]] [[Category:Geology infobox templates|Rockunit]] [[Category:Templates with coordinates fields]] [[Category:WikiProject Glaciers]] }}</includeonly>
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