Formation de la Dent d'Arpire

Representation and status

Color CMYK

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Rank

lithostratigraphic Formation

Validity

Unit is in Use

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Dent-d'Arpire-Formation

Français

Formation de la Dent d'Arpire

English

Dent d'Arpire Formation

Origin of the Name

Dent d'Arpire

Historical Variants

ensemble conglomératique inférieur (Antoine et al. 1972, Fudral 1973), Dent d'Arpire Formation (Loprieno 2001)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at roof

• Formation des Pyramides Calcaires

Upper boundary

Surface irrégulière, probablement érosive avant ou pendant le dépôt de la Fm. des Pyramides Calcaires sus-jacente.

Age

Age at top

• Toarcian

Age at base

• Toarcian

Dating Method

Ammonites (Loprieno 2001).

Geography

Type area

Combe de la Nova

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography

Valaisan Basin

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Lower Penninic

References

Definition

Loprieno Andrea (2001) : A combined structural and sedimentological approach to decipher the evolution of the Valais domain in Savoy (Western Alps). Inauguraldissertation, Universität Basel, 285 S.