Marnes de Fétigny

Representation and status

Index

qSL

Color CMYK

(4%,0%,33%,10%)

Color RGB

R: 220 G: 230 B: 155

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is in Use

Status

informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Fétigny-Mergel

Français

Marnes de Fétigny

Italiano

Marna di Fétigny

English

Fétigny Marl

Origin of the Name

Fétigny (FR)

Historical Variants

Marnes de Fétigny (Rumeau 1954 p.90, Parriaux 1978, Sigg et al. 1986, Weidmann 1996)

Description

Thickness

Environ 30 m (Sigg et al. 1986).

Age

Age at top

• Late Pleistocene

Age at base

• Late Pleistocene

Geography

Type area

Plaine de la Broye (VD)