Calcari di Carenno

Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Carenno-Kalk
Français
Calcaire de Carenno
Italiano
Calcari di Carenno
English
Carenno Limestone
Origin of the Name

Carenno (Italia), Val d'Erve / Lecco

Historical Variants

Lias inferiore di Carenno (Parona 1884), Calcari di Carenno (Parona 1898, dal Piaz & Trevisan 1956, Rutsch et al. 1966)

Components

Fossil Content
  • ammonites

Age

Age at top
  • Sinemurian
Age at base
  • Sinemurian
Dating Method

Zona a Schlotheimia angulata

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary

References

Definition
Parona C.F. (1898) : Contribuzione alla conoscenza delle ammoniti liassiche della Lombardia. Mém. Soc. paléont. Suisse 25
Definition
Rutsch R. F., ... (1966) : Alpes suisses et Tessin méridional. Lexique stratigraphique international, vol. 1 Europe, fasc. 7c

Calcari di Carenno und Formazione di Moltrasio (Lexique Strat. Int. II11) gehören in die Serie der Lombardischen Kieselkalke. Die Ausdrücke bezeichnen jedoch lediglich paläontologisch wichtige Lokalitäten und sind als stratigraphische Begriffe ungeeignet.

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