Flysch autochtone

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Rank
tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Autochthoner Flysch
Français
Flysch autochtone
Italiano
Flysch autoctono
English
Autochthonous flysch
Historical Variants

Flysch de la série autochtone (Lillie 1937), Flysch autochtone (Ducloz 1944), Marno-micacé autochtone (Schoeder & Ducloz 1955), flysch "autochtone" nord-helvétique (Huber 1964), flysch autochtone (Papanikolaou 1982b)

Components

Fossil Content
  • cyrenids
  • plants : Plantae
  • bivalves

Cyrènes, Cardiidés, Meletta

Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • early Oligocene
Age at base
  • early Oligocene

Geography

Geographical extent
Préalpes du Chablais (Pointe de Chevran, Rocher des Granges ; Lillie 1937), ...

Palaenography and tectonic

  • North-Helvetic Flysch
Paleogeography
North Helvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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