Marne de Broin

Representation and status

Color CMYK

(0%,0%,0%,100%)

Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Broin-Mergel

Français

Marne de Broin

English

Broin Marl

Historical Variants

Marnes de Broin (Petit et al. 1996)

Description

Thickness

5-20 m (Petit et al. 1996)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• Sable d'Agencourt

Age

Age at top

• Early Pleistocene

Age at base

• Early Pleistocene

Dating Method

Tiglian (Petit et al. 1996)

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary