Couches des Arandellys

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
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Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Arandellys-Schichten
Français
Couches des Arandellys
Italiano
Strati degli Aradellys
English
Arandellys Beds
Origin of the Name

Ravin des Arandellys, situé 3 km au SSE des Houches (vallée de Chamonix, France)

Historical Variants

[Epard 1989 p.313]

Description

Description

grès et niveaux charbonneux

Thickness
4.5 m

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Late Triassic
Age at base
  • Late Triassic

Geography

Type area
zone de Chamonix

Palaenography and tectonic

Paleogeography
North Helvetic Domain
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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