Sables de Chagny

Representation and status

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Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Chagny-Sande
Français
Sables de Chagny
English
Chagny Sands
Origin of the Name

Chagny (France), près de Beaune

Historical Variants

Sables de Chagny (Depéret et al. 1923, Denizot etal. 1957), Sande von Chagny = Chagnysande (Liniger & Hofmann 1965), Formation supérieure de la Forêt de Chaux > niveau de Chagny (BRGM-Doubs)

Components

Fossil Content
  • mammals

Tapir, Mastodon, Elephas meridionalis

Age

Age at top
  • late Pliocene
Age at base
  • late Pliocene
Dating Method

Villafranchien ancien (Bourdier et al. 1956)

Geography

Geographical extent
Fossé de Bresse.

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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