«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

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

Age

Age at top
  • Aptian
Age at base
  • Aptian

Geography

Geographical extent
Val-de-Travers, Ste-Croix, Perte-du-Rhône.

Palaenography and tectonic

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