Brèche d'Exergillod

Representation and status

Color CMYK
(28%,0%,6%,2%)
Color RGB
R: 180 G: 250 B: 235
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
local name (informal)
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Exergillod-Brekzie
Français
Brèche d'Exergillod
Origin of the Name
Exergillod (VD), vallée de la Grande Eau
Historical Variants
Lias inférieur (Trümpy 1951), Sinémurien d'Exergillod (Gabus 1958), Calcaires spatiques rouges et brèches (formation de Hauta-Crétaz) (Bl. Diablerets)

Description

Description
cf. Calcaires de Laffrey (Belledonne ; Trümpy 1951)

Components

Fossil Content
  • Gryphaeidae
  • echinoderms

Age

Age at top
  • Tithonian
Age at base
  • Sinemurian
Dating Method
Sinémurien (Lugeon 1940, Gabus 1958)

Palaenography and tectonic

Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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