Gruppo della Gonfolite Lombarda

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,10%,82%,0%)
Color RGB
R: 255 G: 230 B: 45
Rank
lithostratigraphic Group
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Gruppe des Lombardischen Gompholit
Français
Groupe de la Gompholite Lombarde
Italiano
Gruppo della Gonfolite Lombarda
English
Lombardian Gompholite Groupe
Historical Variants

Miocene bunte Nagelfluh = Gompholite miocénique polygénique [sic] (GK100), Molasse von Como (Exner 1961), gonfolite terziaria di Como-Varese (Godenzi 1963), südalpine Molasse = Gonfolite Lombarda (Kapp et al. 1976), Gonfolite Lombarda = Gonfolite-Gruppe (Gunzenhauser 1985)

Hierarchy and sequence

Subordinate units
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Langhian
Note about top

NN4-5 (Burdigalian - Langhian)

Age at base
  • late Oligocene
Note about base

NP24-25 (Chattian)

Geography

Geographical extent
Varesotto, Comasco, Brianza e Bresciano.

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
South Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
Metamorphism
non metamorphic

References

Definition
Gunzenhauser Bernhard Andreas (1985) : Zur Sedimentologie und Paläogeographie der oligo-miocaenen Gonfolite Lombarda zwischen Lago Maggiore und der Brianza (Südtessin, Lombardei). Beitr. geol. Karte Schweiz (N.F.) 159, 111 Seiten

  • Conglomerato di Lucino

    Name Origin

    Lucino (TI), Lugano

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Conglomerato, arenite torbiditica, pelite.

    Age
    spätestes Burdigalien
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    • Pelite di Lurate

      Name Origin

      Lurate Caccivio (Italia, Lombardia)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Membro di Gironico

      Name Origin

      Gironico (Italia, Lombardia)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Membro di Montano

      Name Origin

      Montano (Italia. Lombardia)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Arenaria di Cagno

      Name Origin

      Cagno (Italia), WSW Chiasso

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Conglomerato a grana fine, arenite torbiditica massiccia.

      Age
      spätestes Burdigalien
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  • 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
    Burdigalien
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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
    Aquitanien
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  • Conglomerato di Como

    Name Origin

    Como (Italia)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Conglomerato polimittico, arenite, pelite.

    Age
    spätes Chattien
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    • Arenaria di Malnate

      Name Origin

      Malnate (Italia), SE Varese

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Arenite torbiditica, arenite conglomeratica, pelite.

      Age
      early Burdigalian
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    • 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
      Burdigalien
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    • Peliti del Rio dei Gioghi

      Name Origin

      Rio dei Gioghi (Italia), Ródero/Cantello

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Pelite, siltite, arenite sottilmente stratificata.

      Age
      earliest 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
      Aquitanien
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    • «Membro superiore» della Formazione di Como

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic unit
      Status
      incorrect term (disused)
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    • Strati di Castello

      Name Origin

      Castello (Italia), S Como

      Rank
      Beds (Submember)
      Status
      local name (informal)
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    • Strati di Ligurno

      Name Origin

      Ligurno (Italia)

      Rank
      Beds (Submember)
      Status
      local name (informal)
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  • Formazione di Chiasso

    Name Origin

    Chiasso (TI)

    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Formation
    Status
    informal term
    In short

    Pelite, pelite marnosa, arenite sottilmente stratificata.

    Age
    early Chattian
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    • Conglomerato di Villa Olmo

      Name Origin

      Villa Olmo (Italia), Como

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Bed
      Status
      informal term
      In short

      Conglomerato poligenico, arenite, pelite.

      Age
      early Chattian
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    • Membro di Inarzo

      Name Origin

      Inarzo (Italia)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
      Status
      informal term
      Age
      "middle Oligocene" (Rupelian/Chattian)
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    • Membro di Varano

      Name Origin

      Varano (Italia)

      Rank
      lithostratigraphic Member (Subformation)
      Status
      informal term
      Age
      early Oligocene
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