«Couches de Châtillon»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 125 G: 125 B: 125
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Châtillon-Schichten»
Français
«Couches de Châtillon»
Italiano
«Strati di Châtillon»
English
«Châtillon Beds»
Origin of the Name

Combe de Châtillon (La Montagne), WSW Vellerat [non Châtillon-sur-Seine]

Historical Variants

Couches de Châtillon = marnes de Châtillon = Marnes à Ammonites Lamberti (Rollier 1888a)

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Hierarchy and sequence

Age

Age at top
  • late Callovian
Age at base
  • late Callovian

Geography

Geographical extent
"Les marnes de Châtillon manquent dans les chaînes de Chasseral et du Sonnenberg" (Rollier 1888).

Palaenography and tectonic

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