Marnes de Bresse

Representation and status

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Bresse-Mergel

Français

Marnes de Bresse

Origin of the Name

Bresse (France)

Historical Variants

Marnes de Bresse

Age

Age at top

• late Pliocene

Age at base

• late Pliocene

Geography

Geographical extent

Bresse.

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic