Formazione di Cavallasca

Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
valid formal name

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Cavallasca-Formation
Français
Formation de Cavallasca
Italiano
Formazione di Cavallasca
English
Cavallasca Formation
Origin of the Name

Cavallasca (Italia)

Historical Variants

Serie di Cavallasca (Santini 1956), Cavallasca-Formation (Rögl et al. 1975, Gansser 1983)

Description

Thickness
530 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Miocene
Age at base
  • Oligocene

Palaenography and tectonic

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

References

Definition
Rögl F., Cita M.B., Müller C., Hochuli P. (1975) : Biochronology of conglomerate bearing Molasse sediments near Como (Italy). Riv. Ital. Paleont. 81/1, 57-88

  • Arenaria della Val Grande

    Name Origin

    Val Grande = Valle Grande (Italia), S Chiasso

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Arenite torbiditica, arenite conglomeratica, pelite.

    Age
    Burdigalian
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  • Peliti di Prestino

    Name Origin

    Prestino (Italia)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Pelite, siltite, arenite sottilmente stratificata.

    Age
    Aquitanian
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