«Aptien chlorité»

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Aptien chlorité»
Français
«Aptien chlorité»
Italiano
«Aptien chlorité»
English
«Aptien chlorité»
Historical Variants

Aptien chlorité (Jaccard 1889, Waibel & Burri 1961)

Components

Mineral Content
  • chlorite

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • Late Aptian
Age at base
  • Late Aptian

Geography

Geographical extent
La Presta (Val-de-Travers).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Waibel A., Burri F. (1961) : Jura et fossé rhénan - Juragebirge und Rheintalgraben Internat. Strati. Lexikon - Lexique Strati. Internat. I/7a, 314

Aptien Chlorité (Kreide: Oberes Aptien)

A. Jaccard (1889): Études géologiques sur l'asphalte et le bitume au Val-de-Travers. Bull. Soc. sc. nat. Neuchâtel, 17: 162.

Lokalbezeichnung für glaukonitische Spatkalke des Oberen Aptien von La Presta (Val-de-Travers). Der Begriff ist obsolet.

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