«Hauterivien calcaire»

Representation and status

Color CMYK

N/A

Color RGB

R: 125 G: 125 B: 125

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

obsolete term (disused)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

«Hauterivien-Kalk»

Français

«Hauterivien calcaire»

English

«Hauterivian Limestone»

Origin of the Name

Hauterive (NE)

Historical Variants

Hauterivienkalk, Hauterivien calcaire = Hauterivien supérieur = Pierre jaune de Neuchâtel (Bourquin 1946), Kalksteine des Hauterivien (de Quervain 1969)

Hierarchy and sequence

Units at floor

• «Hauterivien marneux»

Geography

Type locality

• Hauterive (NE)
  Coordinates
  • (2565300 / 1207620)

Palaenography and tectonic

• Cretaceous of the Jura Mountains

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Jura :
  Juragebirge

Kind of protolith

• sedimentary

Metamorphism

non metamorphic