Formazione del Monte Motto

Representation and status

Color CMYK

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Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

junior synonym (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Monte-Motto-Formation

Français

Formation du Monte Motto

Italiano

Formazione del Monte Motto

English

Monte Motto Formation

Origin of the Name

Monte Motto = Il Motto (Italia)

Historical Variants

zona a calcari selciferi = Strati del M. Motto = formazione del M. Motto (Pozzi 1959)

Age

Age at top

• Early Jurassic

Age at base

• Early Jurassic

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Ortler

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

References

Definition

Pozzi Renato (1959) : Studio stratigrafico del Mesozoico dell'Alta Valtellina (Livigno, Passo del Stelvio). Riv. Ital. Paleont. 65/1, 3-54