Flysch di Bergamo

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,12%,49%,20%)
Color RGB
R: 205 G: 180 B: 105
Rank
lithostratigraphic Formation
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Bergamo-Flysch
Français
Flysch de Bergamo
Italiano
Flysch di Bergamo
English
Bergamo Flysch
Origin of the Name

Bergamo (Italia)

Historical Variants

obere bunte Mergel und Mergelkalke (Vonderschmitt 1938), Flysch di Bergamo (Gelati & Passeri 1967), Bergamo Flysch (Bichsel & Haering 1981, Bernoulli et al. 1981)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Subordinate units
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Campaniano tardo
Age at base
  • Late Santonien

Geography

Geographical extent
Lombardia centrale (Brianza, Bergamasco).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • Flyschs
Paleogeography
Lombardy Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Conditions of formation

outer-fan sediments (Bichsel & Haering 1981)

References

Definition
Gelati R., Passeri L.D. (1967) : Il flysch di Bergamo, nuova formazione cretacica delle prealpi lombarde. Riv. It. Paleont. Strat. 73/3, 835–849
Definition
Bichsel Matthias, Haering Markus O. (1981) : Facies evolution of Late Cretaceous flysch in Lombardy (northern Italy). Eclogae geol. Helv. 74/2, 383–420

  • Megabed di Missaglia

    Name Origin
    Missaglia (Italia)
    Rank
    lithostratigraphic Bed
    Status
    local name (informal)
    In short
    Megabed costituto da un conglomerato basale (1 m), che passa gradualmente verso l'alto a calcarenite gradata, calcisiltite e marna.
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