Marne de Ballaigues

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

junior synonym (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Ballaigues-Mergel

Français

Marne de Ballaigues

Italiano

Marna di Ballaigues

English

Ballaigues Marl

Origin of the Name

Ballaigues (VD)

Historical Variants

marne bleue valengienne de Ballaigue (Jaccard 1861 p.79)

Geography

Type locality

• Ballaigues (VD)
  Coordinates
  • (2521750 / 1175900)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic