Écaille de Brécorens-Lucinges

Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 241 G: 239 B: 237
Rank
tectonic slice
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Brécorens-Lucinges-Schuppe
Français
Écaille de Brécorens-Lucinges
Italiano
Scaglia di Brécorens-Lucinges
English
Brécorens-Lucinges Slice
Origin of the Name

Bellevue (France), ENE Lucinges

Historical Variants

écaille de Bellevue

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • tectonic
  • Formation de Bellevue

    Name Origin

    Bellevue (France), ENE Lucinges

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic unit
    Status
    local name (informal)
    Valid term
    Hilfern-Formation
    Age
    "middle Oligocene" (Rupelian/Chattian)
    • Conglomérat de Bellevue

      Name Origin

      Bellevue (France), ENE Lucinges

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
      Valid term
      Cucloz-Sandstein
      In short
      Grès et micro-conglomérat polymicte de l'écaille la plus interne de la Molasse subalpine au pied des Voirons.
      Age
      Rupelian
    • Marnes de Bellevue

      Name Origin

      Bellevue (France), ENE Lucinges

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      informal term
      In short
      Partie inférieure marneuse de l'UMM-I ("Flysch subalpin").
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