Dolomia del San Giorgio
Back to Formazione di BesanoRepresentation and status
- Index
- t3d
- Color CMYK
- 60 / 45 / 20 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 120 G: 130 B: 165
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Formation
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- San-Giorgio-Dolomit
- Français
- Dolomie du (Monte) San Giorgio
- Italiano
- Dolomia del San Giorgio
- English
- San Giorgio Dolomite
- Origin of the Name
-
Monte San Giorgio (TI), Meride
- Historical Variants
- Schlern-Dolomit (Frauenfelder 1916), Äquivalente der Buchensteiner Schichten im San Giorgiogebiet (Frauenfelder 1916), Untere Dolomitzone (Senn 1924), Ladinische Dolomite (Wirz 1945), Dolomia del San Giorgio (Bernoulli et al. 1976, Bernoulli et al. 2018)
Description
- Description
- Ladinische Dolomite des Monte San Giorgio-Gipfels ; thin-bedded limestones, dolomites and bituminous shales
- Thickness
- 50-80 m im E (Senn 1924)
Components
Fossil Content
- ammonites
- fish
- reptiles
- bivalves
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
- Units at roof
- Units at floor
Age
- Age at top
-
- Latest Ladinian
- Note about top
-
Curioni-Zone
- Age at base
-
- Latest Ladinian
- Note about base
-
Curioni-Zone
- Dating Method
-
Radiolaria (Stockar et al. 2012)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Monte San Giorgio (TI)
Palaenography and tectonic
- Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
- Kind of protolith
-
- sedimentary
- Conditions of formation
- Laguna (euxinic basin)
-
Tuffiti della Val Serrata
- Name Origin
-
Val Serrata = Val Serada (TI), W Riva San Vitale
- Rank
- lithostratigraphic Bed
- Status
- informal term
- In short
- Tufite volcanica da grigia a verde, a prevalente sanidino.
- Age
- Early Ladinian