«Marnes aptiennes»
Representation and status
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is not in Use
- Status
- obsolete term (disused)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- «Aptmergel»
- Français
- «Marnes aptiennes»
- Italiano
- «Marna aptiana»
- English
- «Aptian Marls»
- Historical Variants
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Aptien inférieur = Rhodanien = Marnes aptiennes = Marnes de la Perte du Rhône (Jaccard 1869), Aptmergel = unteres Aptien = Rhodanien (Studer 1872)
Description
- Thickness
- Max. 15 m
Hierarchy and sequence
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
-
- Aptian
- Age at base
-
- Aptian
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Val-de-Travers, Ste-Croix, Perte-du-Rhône.
Palaenography and tectonic
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- Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
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Jura
:
Juragebirge
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Jura
:
- Kind of protolith
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- sedimentary
- Metamorphism
- non metamorphic